Barton Willis [04/10/04 14:00 -0500]:
> At least for integer orders, Miller's backward recurrence algorithm
> evaluates bessel_j.
> This method would work for complex floats and bigfloats. For a
> description, see A & S.
>
> I can't think of reference to the Bessel functions with complex orders.
>
> Barton
>
Perhaps "Special Functions and Their Applications" by N.N. Lebedev,
Dover, 1972 can help. The Bessel functions of arbitrary (real or
complex) order are discussed on pages 102-103.
Milan
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