29 Lamé Functions Lamé Functions 29.7 Asymptotic Expansions 29.9 Stability

§29.8 Integral Equations

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Keywords:: Ferrers function, Lamé functions, integral equation for Lamé functions, integral equations, of the first kind
Notes:: See Erdélyi et al. (1955, §15.5.3) and Volkmer (1982, 1983).
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See also:: Annotations for Ch.29

Let $w(z)$ be any solution of (29.2.1) of period $4K$ , $w_{2}(z)$ be a linearly independent solution, and $\mathscr{W}\left\{w,w_{2}\right\}$ denote their Wronskian. Also let $x$ be defined by

29.8.1		$x=k^{2}\operatorname{sn}\left(z,k\right)\operatorname{sn}\left(z_{1},k\right)% \operatorname{sn}\left(z_{2},k\right)\operatorname{sn}\left(z_{3},k\right)-% \frac{k^{2}}{{k^{\prime}}^{2}}\operatorname{cn}\left(z,k\right)\operatorname{% cn}\left(z_{1},k\right)\operatorname{cn}\left(z_{2},k\right)\operatorname{cn}% \left(z_{3},k\right)+\frac{1}{{k^{\prime}}^{2}}\operatorname{dn}\left(z,k% \right)\operatorname{dn}\left(z_{1},k\right)\operatorname{dn}\left(z_{2},k% \right)\operatorname{dn}\left(z_{3},k\right),$
ⓘ Symbols: $\operatorname{cn}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k}\right)$ : Jacobian elliptic function, $\operatorname{dn}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k}\right)$ : Jacobian elliptic function, $\operatorname{sn}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k}\right)$ : Jacobian elliptic function, $x$ : real variable, $z$ : complex variable and $k$ : real parameter Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/29.8.E1 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §29.8 and Ch.29

where $z,z_{1},z_{2},z_{3}$ are real, and $\operatorname{sn}$ , $\operatorname{cn}$ , $\operatorname{dn}$ are the Jacobian elliptic functions (§22.2). Then

29.8.2		$\mu w(z_{1})w(z_{2})w(z_{3})=\int_{-2K}^{2K}\mathsf{P}_{\nu}\left(x\right)w(z)% \,\mathrm{d}z,$
ⓘ Symbols: $K\left(\NVar{k}\right)$ : Legendre’s complete elliptic integral of the first kind, $\,\mathrm{d}\NVar{x}$ : differential of $x$ , $\int$ : integral, $\mathsf{P}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)=\mathsf{P}^{0}_{\nu}\left(x\right)$ : Ferrers function of the first kind, $x$ : real variable, $z$ : complex variable, $k$ : real parameter, $\nu$ : real parameter, $w(z)$ : solution and $\mu$ Referenced by: §29.8 Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/29.8.E2 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §29.8 and Ch.29

where $\mathsf{P}_{\nu}\left(x\right)$ is the Ferrers function of the first kind (§14.3(i)),

29.8.3		$\mu=\frac{2\sigma\tau}{\mathscr{W}\left\{w,w_{2}\right\}},$
ⓘ Symbols: $\mathscr{W}$ : Wronskian, $w(z)$ : solution, $\mu$ , $\sigma=\pm 1$ and $\tau$ Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/29.8.E3 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §29.8 and Ch.29

and $\sigma$ (= $\pm 1$ ) and $\tau$ are determined by

29.8.4	$\displaystyle w(z+2K)$	$\displaystyle=\sigma w(z),$
29.8.4	$\displaystyle w_{2}(z+2K)$	$\displaystyle=\tau w(z)+\sigma w_{2}(z).$
ⓘ Symbols: $K\left(\NVar{k}\right)$ : Legendre’s complete elliptic integral of the first kind, $z$ : complex variable, $k$ : real parameter, $w(z)$ : solution, $\sigma=\pm 1$ and $\tau$ Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/29.8.E4 Encodings: TeX, TeX, pMML, pMML, png, png See also: Annotations for §29.8 and Ch.29

A special case of (29.8.2) is

29.8.5		$\mathit{Ec}^{2m}_{\nu}\left(z_{1},k^{2}\right)\frac{w_{2}(K)-w_{2}(-K)}{\left.% \ifrac{\mathrm{d}w_{2}(z)}{\mathrm{d}z}\right\|_{z=0}}=\int_{-K}^{K}\mathsf{P}_% {\nu}\left(y\right)\mathit{Ec}^{2m}_{\nu}\left(z,k^{2}\right)\,\mathrm{d}z,$
ⓘ Symbols: $\mathit{Ec}^{\NVar{m}}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k^{2}}\right)$ : Lamé function, $K\left(\NVar{k}\right)$ : Legendre’s complete elliptic integral of the first kind, $\frac{\mathrm{d}\NVar{f}}{\mathrm{d}\NVar{x}}$ : derivative of $f$ with respect to $x$ , $\,\mathrm{d}\NVar{x}$ : differential of $x$ , $\int$ : integral, $\mathsf{P}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)=\mathsf{P}^{0}_{\nu}\left(x\right)$ : Ferrers function of the first kind, $m$ : nonnegative integer, $y$ : real variable, $z$ : complex variable, $k$ : real parameter, $\nu$ : real parameter and $w(z)$ : solution Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/29.8.E5 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §29.8 and Ch.29

where

29.8.6		$y=\frac{1}{k^{\prime}}\operatorname{dn}\left(z,k\right)\operatorname{dn}\left(% z_{1},k\right).$
ⓘ Symbols: $\operatorname{dn}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k}\right)$ : Jacobian elliptic function, $y$ : real variable, $z$ : complex variable and $k$ : real parameter Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/29.8.E6 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §29.8 and Ch.29

Others are:

29.8.7		$\mathit{Ec}^{2m+1}_{\nu}\left(z_{1},k^{2}\right)\frac{w_{2}(K)+w_{2}(-K)}{w_{2% }(0)}=-k^{2}\operatorname{sn}\left(z_{1},k\right)\int_{-K}^{K}\operatorname{sn% }\left(z,k\right)\frac{\mathrm{d}\mathsf{P}_{\nu}\left(y\right)}{\mathrm{d}y}% \mathit{Ec}^{2m+1}_{\nu}\left(z,k^{2}\right)\,\mathrm{d}z,$
ⓘ Symbols: $\operatorname{sn}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k}\right)$ : Jacobian elliptic function, $\mathit{Ec}^{\NVar{m}}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k^{2}}\right)$ : Lamé function, $K\left(\NVar{k}\right)$ : Legendre’s complete elliptic integral of the first kind, $\frac{\mathrm{d}\NVar{f}}{\mathrm{d}\NVar{x}}$ : derivative of $f$ with respect to $x$ , $\,\mathrm{d}\NVar{x}$ : differential of $x$ , $\int$ : integral, $\mathsf{P}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)=\mathsf{P}^{0}_{\nu}\left(x\right)$ : Ferrers function of the first kind, $m$ : nonnegative integer, $y$ : real variable, $z$ : complex variable, $k$ : real parameter, $\nu$ : real parameter and $w(z)$ : solution Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/29.8.E7 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §29.8 and Ch.29

29.8.8		$\mathit{Es}^{2m+1}_{\nu}\left(z_{1},k^{2}\right)\frac{\left.\ifrac{\mathrm{d}w% _{2}(z)}{\mathrm{d}z}\right\|_{z=K}+\left.\ifrac{\mathrm{d}w_{2}(z)}{\mathrm{d}% z}\right\|_{z=-K}}{\left.\ifrac{\mathrm{d}w_{2}(z)}{\mathrm{d}z}\right\|_{z=0}}=% \frac{k^{2}}{k^{\prime}}\operatorname{cn}\left(z_{1},k\right)\int_{-K}^{K}% \operatorname{cn}\left(z,k\right)\frac{\mathrm{d}\mathsf{P}_{\nu}\left(y\right% )}{\mathrm{d}y}\mathit{Es}^{2m+1}_{\nu}\left(z,k^{2}\right)\,\mathrm{d}z,$
ⓘ Symbols: $\operatorname{cn}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k}\right)$ : Jacobian elliptic function, $\mathit{Es}^{\NVar{m}}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k^{2}}\right)$ : Lamé function, $K\left(\NVar{k}\right)$ : Legendre’s complete elliptic integral of the first kind, $\frac{\mathrm{d}\NVar{f}}{\mathrm{d}\NVar{x}}$ : derivative of $f$ with respect to $x$ , $\,\mathrm{d}\NVar{x}$ : differential of $x$ , $\int$ : integral, $\mathsf{P}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)=\mathsf{P}^{0}_{\nu}\left(x\right)$ : Ferrers function of the first kind, $m$ : nonnegative integer, $y$ : real variable, $z$ : complex variable, $k$ : real parameter, $\nu$ : real parameter and $w(z)$ : solution Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/29.8.E8 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §29.8 and Ch.29

and

29.8.9		$\mathit{Es}^{2m+2}_{\nu}\left(z_{1},k^{2}\right)\frac{\left.\ifrac{\mathrm{d}w% _{2}(z)}{\mathrm{d}z}\right\|_{z=K}-\left.\ifrac{\mathrm{d}w_{2}(z)}{\mathrm{d}% z}\right\|_{z=-K}}{w_{2}(0)}=-\frac{k^{4}}{k^{\prime}}\operatorname{sn}\left(z_% {1},k\right)\operatorname{cn}\left(z_{1},k\right)\int_{-K}^{K}\operatorname{sn% }\left(z,k\right)\operatorname{cn}\left(z,k\right)\frac{{\mathrm{d}}^{2}% \mathsf{P}_{\nu}\left(y\right)}{{\mathrm{d}y}^{2}}\mathit{Es}^{2m+2}_{\nu}% \left(z,k^{2}\right)\,\mathrm{d}z.$
ⓘ Symbols: $\operatorname{cn}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k}\right)$ : Jacobian elliptic function, $\operatorname{sn}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k}\right)$ : Jacobian elliptic function, $\mathit{Es}^{\NVar{m}}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{z},\NVar{k^{2}}\right)$ : Lamé function, $K\left(\NVar{k}\right)$ : Legendre’s complete elliptic integral of the first kind, $\frac{\mathrm{d}\NVar{f}}{\mathrm{d}\NVar{x}}$ : derivative of $f$ with respect to $x$ , $\,\mathrm{d}\NVar{x}$ : differential of $x$ , $\int$ : integral, $\mathsf{P}_{\NVar{\nu}}\left(\NVar{x}\right)=\mathsf{P}^{0}_{\nu}\left(x\right)$ : Ferrers function of the first kind, $m$ : nonnegative integer, $y$ : real variable, $z$ : complex variable, $k$ : real parameter, $\nu$ : real parameter and $w(z)$ : solution Permalink: http://dlmf.nist.gov/29.8.E9 Encodings: TeX, pMML, png See also: Annotations for §29.8 and Ch.29

For further integral equations see Arscott (1964a), Erdélyi et al. (1955, §15.5.3), Shail (1980), Sleeman (1968a), and Volkmer (1982, 1983, 1984).

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