Airy function confusion



>>>>> "David" == CALCRTS   writes:

    David> In src/bessel.lisp:
    David>  - there is a definition of $airy, which I assume is the
    David>    Airy function Ai
    David>  - code to numerically evaluate $airy using code in slatec

Yes, I think I did that because bessel.lisp already defined an $airy
function.

    David> In src/numerical/slatec;
    David>  - there is numerical code for the Airy Bi function, but I can't find
    David>    this accessibel at the maxima level

Most likely because bessel.lisp didn't have a Bi function.

    David>  - which numerical code should we use?
    David>      The slatec code is pretty solid

I would suggest the slatec code.  At least it's double-precision.  The
code in share seems to be single-precision at best.

Ray