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<h4 class="subsection">7.5.5 Regular Spherical Bessel Functions</h4>

<p><a name="index-Spherical-Bessel-Functions-317"></a><a name="index-Regular-Spherical-Bessel-Functions-318"></a>

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&mdash; Function: double <b>gsl_sf_bessel_j0</b> (<var>double x</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fsf_005fbessel_005fj0-319"></a></var><br>
&mdash; Function: int <b>gsl_sf_bessel_j0_e</b> (<var>double x, gsl_sf_result * result</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fsf_005fbessel_005fj0_005fe-320"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>These routines compute the regular spherical Bessel function of zeroth
order, j_0(x) = \sin(x)/x. 
<!-- Exceptional Return Values: none -->
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&mdash; Function: double <b>gsl_sf_bessel_j1</b> (<var>double x</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fsf_005fbessel_005fj1-321"></a></var><br>
&mdash; Function: int <b>gsl_sf_bessel_j1_e</b> (<var>double x, gsl_sf_result * result</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fsf_005fbessel_005fj1_005fe-322"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>These routines compute the regular spherical Bessel function of first
order, j_1(x) = (\sin(x)/x - \cos(x))/x. 
<!-- Exceptional Return Values: GSL_EUNDRFLW -->
</p></blockquote></div>

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&mdash; Function: double <b>gsl_sf_bessel_j2</b> (<var>double x</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fsf_005fbessel_005fj2-323"></a></var><br>
&mdash; Function: int <b>gsl_sf_bessel_j2_e</b> (<var>double x, gsl_sf_result * result</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fsf_005fbessel_005fj2_005fe-324"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>These routines compute the regular spherical Bessel function of second
order, j_2(x) = ((3/x^2 - 1)\sin(x) - 3\cos(x)/x)/x. 
<!-- Exceptional Return Values: GSL_EUNDRFLW -->
</p></blockquote></div>

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&mdash; Function: double <b>gsl_sf_bessel_jl</b> (<var>int l, double x</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fsf_005fbessel_005fjl-325"></a></var><br>
&mdash; Function: int <b>gsl_sf_bessel_jl_e</b> (<var>int l, double x, gsl_sf_result * result</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fsf_005fbessel_005fjl_005fe-326"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>These routines compute the regular spherical Bessel function of
order <var>l</var>, j_l(x), for <!-- {$l \geq 0$} -->
l &gt;= 0 and <!-- {$x \geq 0$} -->
x &gt;= 0. 
<!-- Domain: l >= 0, x >= 0.0 -->
<!-- Exceptional Return Values: GSL_EDOM, GSL_EUNDRFLW -->
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&mdash; Function: int <b>gsl_sf_bessel_jl_array</b> (<var>int lmax, double x, double result_array</var>[])<var><a name="index-gsl_005fsf_005fbessel_005fjl_005farray-327"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>This routine computes the values of the regular spherical Bessel
functions j_l(x) for l from 0 to <var>lmax</var>
inclusive  for <!-- {$lmax \geq 0$} -->
lmax &gt;= 0 and <!-- {$x \geq 0$} -->
x &gt;= 0, storing the results in the array <var>result_array</var>. 
The values are computed using recurrence relations for
efficiency, and therefore may differ slightly from the exact values. 
<!-- Domain: lmax >= 0 -->
<!-- Conditions: l=0,1,...,lmax -->
<!-- Exceptional Return Values: GSL_EDOM, GSL_EUNDRFLW -->
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&mdash; Function: int <b>gsl_sf_bessel_jl_steed_array</b> (<var>int lmax, double x, double * jl_x_array</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fsf_005fbessel_005fjl_005fsteed_005farray-328"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>This routine uses Steed's method to compute the values of the regular
spherical Bessel functions j_l(x) for l from 0 to
<var>lmax</var> inclusive for <!-- {$lmax \geq 0$} -->
lmax &gt;= 0 and <!-- {$x \geq 0$} -->
x &gt;= 0, storing the results in the array
<var>result_array</var>. 
The Steed/Barnett algorithm is described in <cite>Comp. Phys. Comm.</cite> 21,
297 (1981).  Steed's method is more stable than the
recurrence used in the other functions but is also slower. 
<!-- Domain: lmax >= 0 -->
<!-- Conditions: l=0,1,...,lmax -->
<!-- Exceptional Return Values: GSL_EDOM, GSL_EUNDRFLW -->
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