10 Bessel FunctionsBessel and Hankel Functions

§10.14 Inequalities; Monotonicity

10.14.1 |Jν⁡(x)| ≤1,
ν≥0,x∈ℝ,
|Jν⁡(x)| ≤2−12,
ν≥1,x∈ℝ.
10.14.2 0<Jν⁡(ν)<213323⁢Γ⁡(23)⁢ν13,
ν>0.

For monotonicity properties of Jν⁡(ν) and Jν′⁡(ν) see Lorch (1992).

10.14.3 |Jn⁡(z)| ≤e|ℑ⁡z|,
n∈ℤ.
10.14.4 |Jν⁡(z)| ≤|12⁢z|ν⁢e|ℑ⁡z|Γ⁡(ν+1),
ν≥−12.
10.14.5 |Jν⁡(ν⁢x)|≤xν⁢exp⁡(ν⁢(1−x2)12)(1+(1−x2)12)ν,
ν≥0,0<x≤1;

see Siegel (1953).

10.14.6 |Jν′⁡(ν⁢x)|≤(1+x2)14x⁢(2⁢π⁢ν)12⁢xν⁢exp⁡(ν⁢(1−x2)12)(1+(1−x2)12)ν,
ν>0,0<x≤1;

see Watson (1944, p. 255). For a related bound for Yν⁡(ν⁢x) see Siegel and Sleator (1954).

10.14.7 1≤Jν⁡(ν⁢x)xν⁢Jν⁡(ν)≤eν⁢(1−x),
ν≥0,0<x≤1;

see Paris (1984). For similar bounds for 𝒞ν⁡(x) (§10.2(ii)) see Laforgia (1986).

Kapteyn’s Inequality

10.14.8 |Jn⁡(n⁢z)|≤|zn⁢exp⁡(n⁢(1−z2)12)||1+(1−z2)12|n,
n=0,1,2,…,

where (1−z2)12 has its principal value.

10.14.9 |Jn⁡(n⁢z)|≤1,
n=0,1,2,…,z∈𝐊,

where 𝐊 is defined in §10.20(ii).

For inequalities for the function Γ⁡(ν+1)⁢(2/x)ν⁢Jν⁡(x) with ν>−12 see Neuman (2004).

For further monotonicity properties see Landau (1999, 2000), and Muldoon and Spigler (1984).