Compute Airy functions of the first and second kind, and their derivatives.
K Function Scale factor (if "opt" is supplied) --- -------- --------------------------------------- 0 Ai (Z) exp ((2/3) * Z * sqrt (Z)) 1 dAi(Z)/dZ exp ((2/3) * Z * sqrt (Z)) 2 Bi (Z) exp (-abs (real ((2/3) * Z * sqrt (Z)))) 3 dBi(Z)/dZ exp (-abs (real ((2/3) * Z * sqrt (Z))))The function call
airy (
z)
is equivalent toairy (0,
z)
.The result is the same size as z.
If requested, ierr contains the following status information and is the same size as the result.
- Normal return.
- Input error, return
NaN
.- Overflow, return
Inf
.- Loss of significance by argument reduction results in less than half of machine accuracy.
- Complete loss of significance by argument reduction, return
NaN
.- Error—no computation, algorithm termination condition not met, return
NaN
.
Compute Bessel or Hankel functions of various kinds:
besselj
- Bessel functions of the first kind. If the argument opt is 1 or true, the result is multiplied by
exp (-abs (imag (
x)))
.bessely
- Bessel functions of the second kind. If the argument opt is 1 or true, the result is multiplied by
exp (-abs (imag (
x)))
.besseli
- Modified Bessel functions of the first kind. If the argument opt is 1 or true, the result is multiplied by
exp (-abs (real (
x)))
.besselk
- Modified Bessel functions of the second kind. If the argument opt is 1 or true, the result is multiplied by
exp (
x)
.besselh
- Compute Hankel functions of the first (k = 1) or second (k = 2) kind. If the argument opt is 1 or true, the result is multiplied by
exp (-I*
x)
for k = 1 orexp (I*
x)
for k = 2.If alpha is a scalar, the result is the same size as x. If x is a scalar, the result is the same size as alpha. If alpha is a row vector and x is a column vector, the result is a matrix with
length (
x)
rows andlength (
alpha)
columns. Otherwise, alpha and x must conform and the result will be the same size.The value of alpha must be real. The value of x may be complex.
If requested, ierr contains the following status information and is the same size as the result.
- Normal return.
- Input error, return
NaN
.- Overflow, return
Inf
.- Loss of significance by argument reduction results in less than half of machine accuracy.
- Complete loss of significance by argument reduction, return
NaN
.- Error—no computation, algorithm termination condition not met, return
NaN
.
Compute the Beta function for real inputs a and b.
The Beta function definition is
beta (a, b) = gamma (a) * gamma (b) / gamma (a + b).The Beta function can grow quite large and it is often more useful to work with the logarithm of the output rather than the function directly. See betaln, for computing the logarithm of the Beta function in an efficient manner.
See also: betaln, betainc, betaincinv.
Compute the regularized incomplete Beta function.
The regularized incomplete Beta function is defined by
x 1 / betainc (x, a, b) = ----------- | t^(a-1) (1-t)^(b-1) dt. beta (a, b) / t=0If x has more than one component, both a and b must be scalars. If x is a scalar, a and b must be of compatible dimensions.
See also: betaincinv, beta, betaln.
Compute the inverse of the incomplete Beta function.
The inverse is the value x such that
y == betainc (x, a, b)
Compute the natural logarithm of the Beta function for real inputs a and b.
betaln
is defined asbetaln (a, b) = log (beta (a, b))and is calculated in a way to reduce the occurrence of underflow.
The Beta function can grow quite large and it is often more useful to work with the logarithm of the output rather than the function directly.
See also: beta, betainc, betaincinv, gammaln.
Return the binomial coefficient of n and k, defined as
/ \ | n | n (n-1) (n-2) ... (n-k+1) | | = ------------------------- | k | k! \ /For example:
bincoeff (5, 2) ⇒ 10In most cases, the
nchoosek
function is faster for small scalar integer arguments. It also warns about loss of precision for big arguments.See also: nchoosek.
Return the commutation matrix K(m,n) which is the unique m*n by m*n matrix such that K(m,n) * vec(A) = vec(A') for all m by n matrices A.
If only one argument m is given, K(m,m) is returned.
See Magnus and Neudecker (1988), Matrix Differential Calculus with Applications in Statistics and Econometrics.
Return the duplication matrix Dn which is the unique n^2 by n*(n+1)/2 matrix such that Dn vech (A) = vec (A) for all symmetric n by n matrices A.
See Magnus and Neudecker (1988), Matrix Differential Calculus with Applications in Statistics and Econometrics.
Compute the Dawson (scaled imaginary error) function.
The Dawson function is defined as
(sqrt (pi) / 2) * exp (-z^2) * erfi (z)
Compute the Jacobi elliptic functions sn, cn, and dn of complex argument u and real parameter m.
If m is a scalar, the results are the same size as u. If u is a scalar, the results are the same size as m. If u is a column vector and m is a row vector, the results are matrices with
length (
u)
rows andlength (
m)
columns. Otherwise, u and m must conform in size and the results will be the same size as the inputs.The value of u may be complex. The value of m must be 0 ≤ m ≤ 1.
The optional input tol is currently ignored (matlab uses this to allow faster, less accurate approximation).
If requested, err contains the following status information and is the same size as the result.
- Normal return.
- Error—no computation, algorithm termination condition not met, return
NaN
.Reference: Milton Abramowitz and Irene A Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions, Chapter 16 (Sections 16.4, 16.13, and 16.15), Dover, 1965.
See also: ellipke.
Compute complete elliptic integrals of the first K(m) and second E(m) kind.
m must be a scalar or real array with -Inf ≤ m ≤ 1.
The optional input tol controls the stopping tolerance of the algorithm and defaults to
eps (class (
m))
. The tolerance can be increased to compute a faster, less accurate approximation.When called with one output only elliptic integrals of the first kind are returned.
Mathematical Note:
Elliptic integrals of the first kind are defined as
1 / dt K (m) = | ------------------------------ / sqrt ((1 - t^2)*(1 - m^2*t^2)) 0Elliptic integrals of the second kind are defined as
1 / sqrt (1 - m^2*t^2) E (m) = | ------------------ dt / sqrt (1 - t^2) 0Reference: Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions, Chapter 17, Dover, 1965.
See also: ellipj.
Compute the error function.
The error function is defined as
z 2 / erf (z) = --------- * | e^(-t^2) dt sqrt (pi) / t=0
Compute the complementary error function.
The complementary error function is defined as
1 - erf (
z)
.
Compute the scaled complementary error function.
The scaled complementary error function is defined as
exp (z^2) * erfc (z)
Compute the imaginary error function.
The imaginary error function is defined as
-i * erf (i*z)
Compute the inverse error function.
The inverse error function is defined such that
erf (y) == x
Compute the inverse complementary error function.
The inverse complementary error function is defined such that
erfc (y) == x
Compute the exponential integral:
infinity / E_1 (x) = | exp (-t)/t dt / xNote: For compatibility, this functions uses the matlab definition of the exponential integral. Most other sources refer to this particular value as E_1 (x), and the exponential integral as
infinity / Ei (x) = - | exp (-t)/t dt / -xThe two definitions are related, for positive real values of x, by
E_1 (-x) = -Ei (x) - i*pi
.
Compute the Gamma function.
The Gamma function is defined as
infinity / gamma (z) = | t^(z-1) exp (-t) dt. / t=0Programming Note: The gamma function can grow quite large even for small input values. In many cases it may be preferable to use the natural logarithm of the gamma function (
gammaln
) in calculations to minimize loss of precision. The final result is thenexp (
result_using_gammaln).
Compute the normalized incomplete gamma function.
This is defined as
x 1 / gammainc (x, a) = --------- | exp (-t) t^(a-1) dt gamma (a) / t=0with the limiting value of 1 as x approaches infinity. The standard notation is P(a,x), e.g., Abramowitz and Stegun (6.5.1).
If a is scalar, then
gammainc (
x,
a)
is returned for each element of x and vice versa.If neither x nor a is scalar, the sizes of x and a must agree, and
gammainc
is applied element-by-element.By default the incomplete gamma function integrated from 0 to x is computed. If
"upper"
is given then the complementary function integrated from x to infinity is calculated. It should be noted thatgammainc (x, a) == 1 - gammainc (x, a, "upper")
Compute the Legendre function of degree n and order m = 0 ... n.
The value n must be a real non-negative integer.
x is a vector with real-valued elements in the range [-1, 1].
The optional argument normalization may be one of
"unnorm"
,"sch"
, or"norm"
. The default if no normalization is given is"unnorm"
.When the optional argument normalization is
"unnorm"
, compute the Legendre function of degree n and order m and return all values for m = 0 ... n. The return value has one dimension more than x.The Legendre Function of degree n and order m:
m m 2 m/2 d^m P(x) = (-1) * (1-x ) * ---- P(x) n dx^m nwith Legendre polynomial of degree n:
1 d^n 2 n P(x) = ------ [----(x - 1) ] n 2^n n! dx^n
legendre (3, [-1.0, -0.9, -0.8])
returns the matrix:x | -1.0 | -0.9 | -0.8 ------------------------------------ m=0 | -1.00000 | -0.47250 | -0.08000 m=1 | 0.00000 | -1.99420 | -1.98000 m=2 | 0.00000 | -2.56500 | -4.32000 m=3 | 0.00000 | -1.24229 | -3.24000When the optional argument
normalization
is"sch"
, compute the Schmidt semi-normalized associated Legendre function. The Schmidt semi-normalized associated Legendre function is related to the unnormalized Legendre functions by the following:For Legendre functions of degree n and order 0:
0 0 SP(x) = P(x) n nFor Legendre functions of degree n and order m:
m m m 2(n-m)! 0.5 SP(x) = P(x) * (-1) * [-------] n n (n+m)!When the optional argument normalization is
"norm"
, compute the fully normalized associated Legendre function. The fully normalized associated Legendre function is related to the unnormalized Legendre functions by the following:For Legendre functions of degree n and order m
m m m (n+0.5)(n-m)! 0.5 NP(x) = P(x) * (-1) * [-------------] n n (n+m)!