10 Bessel FunctionsBessel and Hankel Functions

§10.15 Derivatives with Respect to Order

Noninteger Values of ν

10.15.1 J±ν(z)ν=±J±ν(z)ln(12z)(12z)±νk=0(1)kψ(k+1±ν)Γ(k+1±ν)(14z2)kk!,
10.15.2 Yν(z)ν=cot(νπ)(Jν(z)νπYν(z))csc(νπ)Jν(z)νπJν(z).

Integer Values of ν

For Jν(z)/ν at ν=n combine (10.2.4) and (10.15.3).

Half-Integer Values of ν

For the notations Ci and Si see §6.2(ii). When x>0,

10.15.6 Jν(x)ν|ν=12 =2πx(Ci(2x)sinxSi(2x)cosx),
10.15.7 Jν(x)ν|ν=12 =2πx(Ci(2x)cosx+Si(2x)sinx),
10.15.8 Yν(x)ν|ν=12 =2πx(Ci(2x)cosx+(Si(2x)π)sinx),
10.15.9 Yν(x)ν|ν=12 =2πx(Ci(2x)sinx(Si(2x)π)cosx).

For further results see Brychkov and Geddes (2005) and Landau (1999, 2000).