Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 22:19:06 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, freebsd-numerics@freebsd.org Subject: Re: j0 (and y0) in the range 2 <= x < (p/2)*log(2) Message-ID: <20180905221116.X1704@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20180905201540.D1142@besplex.bde.org> References: <20180903235724.GA95333@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20180905201540.D1142@besplex.bde.org>
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2018, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Mon, 3 Sep 2018, Steve Kargl wrote: > >> Anyone know where the approximations for j0 (and y0) come from? > > I think they are ordinary minimax rational approximations for related > functions. As you noticed, the asymptotic expansion doesn't work below > about x = 8 (it is off by about 10% for j0(2). But we want to use the ... j0(2)). > single formula given by the asymptotic expansion for all the subintervals: > > XX /* > XX * j0(x) = 1/sqrt(pi) * (P(0,x)*cc - Q(0,x)*ss) / sqrt(x) > XX * y0(x) = 1/sqrt(pi) * (P(0,x)*ss + Q(0,x)*cc) / sqrt(x) > XX */ > XX if(ix>0x48000000) z = (invsqrtpi*cc)/sqrt(x); > XX else { > XX u = pzero(x); v = qzero(x); > XX z = invsqrtpi*(u*cc-v*ss)/sqrt(x); > XX } > XX return z; > XX } > > where pzero(s) is nominally 1 - 9/128 s**2 + ... and qzero(s) is nominally > -1/8 *s + .... These polynomials are actually only part of the numerators of pzero and qzero (s = 1/x already gives a non-polynomial, and even more divisions are used in pzero = 1 + R/S...). > To work, pzero and qzero must not actually be these nominal functions. > ... Bruce
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