10 Bessel FunctionsModified Bessel Functions

§10.37 Inequalities; Monotonicity

If ν (≥0) is fixed, then throughout the interval 0<x<∞, Iν⁡(x) is positive and increasing, and Kν⁡(x) is positive and decreasing.

If x (>0) is fixed, then throughout the interval 0<ν<∞, Iν⁡(x) is decreasing, and Kν⁡(x) is increasing.

For sharper inequalities when the variables are real see Paris (1984) and Laforgia (1991).

If 0≤ν<μ and |ph⁡z|≤12⁢π, then

10.37.1 |Kν⁡(z)|<|Kμ⁡(z)|.

Note that previously we did mention that (10.37.1) holds for |ph⁡z|<π. This is definitely not the case.

See also Pal′tsev (1999), Petropoulou (2000), Segura (2011) and Gaunt (2014).