NAG Library Routine Document

S18CTF

Note: before using this routine, please read the Users' Note for your implementation to check the interpretation of bold italicised terms and other implementation-dependent details.

+− Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Parameters

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Further Comments

+− 9 Example

9.1 Program Text

9.2 Program Data

9.3 Program Results

1 Purpose

S18CTF returns an array of values of the scaled modified Bessel function

e^{- |x|} I_{1} (x)

2 Specification

SUBROUTINE S18CTF ( N, X, F, IFAIL)

INTEGER N, IFAIL

REAL (KIND=nag_wp) X(N), F(N)

3 Description

S18CTF evaluates an approximation to

e^{- |x_{i}|} I_{1} (x_{i})

, where

I_{1}

is a modified Bessel function of the first kind for an array of arguments

x_{i}

, for

i = 1, 2, \dots, n

. The scaling factor

e^{- |x|}

removes most of the variation in

I_{1} (x)

The routine uses the same Chebyshev expansions as S18ATF, which returns an array of the unscaled values of

I_{1} (x)

4 References

Abramowitz M and Stegun I A (1972) Handbook of Mathematical Functions (3rd Edition) Dover Publications

5 Parameters

1: N – INTEGERInput: On entry: $n$ , the number of points.
Constraint: $N \geq 0$ .
2: X(N) – REAL (KIND=nag_wp) arrayInput: On entry: the argument $x_{i}$ of the function, for $i = 1, 2, \dots, N$ .
3: F(N) – REAL (KIND=nag_wp) arrayOutput: On exit: $e^{- |x_{i}|} I_{1} (x_{i})$ , the function values.
4: IFAIL – INTEGERInput/Output: On entry: IFAIL must be set to $0$ , $- 1 or 1$ . If you are unfamiliar with this parameter you should refer to Section 3.3 in the Essential Introduction for details.
For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value $- 1 or 1$ is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, if you are not familiar with this parameter, the recommended value is $0$ . When the value $- 1 or 1$ is used it is essential to test the value of IFAIL on exit.

On exit: $IFAIL = 0$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry

IFAIL = 0

- 1

, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by X04AAF).

Errors or warnings detected by the routine:

$IFAIL = 1$: On entry, $N = ⟨value⟩$ .
Constraint: $N \geq 0$ .

7 Accuracy

Relative errors in the argument are attenuated when propagated into the function value. When the accuracy of the argument is essentially limited by the machine precision, the accuracy of the function value will be similarly limited by at most a small multiple of the machine precision.

8 Further Comments

None.

9 Example

This example reads values of X from a file, evaluates the function at each value of

x_{i}

and prints the results.

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