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Numerical Methods for Physics

from Numerical Methods for Physics by Alejandro Garcia
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bess(m_max,x)
function jj = bess(m_max,x)
% Function to calculate of Bessel function
% jj = bess(m_max,x)
% Inputs
%    m_max - Largest desired order
%    x - Function returns J(x) for all orders <= m_max
% Output
%    jj - Bessel function J(x) for all orders <= m_max
m_top = max(m_max,x)+15;    % Top value of m for recursion
m_top = 2*ceil( m_top/2 );  % Round up to an even number
j(m_top+1) = 0;
j(m_top) = 1;
for m=m_top-2:-1:0         % Downward recursion
  j(m+1) = 2*(m+1)/(x+eps)*j(m+2) - j(m+3);
end
norm = j(1);               % NOTE: Be careful, m=0,1,... but
for m=2:2:m_top            % vector goes j(1),j(2),...
  norm = norm + 2*j(m+1);
end
for m=0:m_max              % Send back only the values for
  jj(m+1) = j(m+1)/norm;   % m=0,...,m_max and discard values
end                        % for m=m_max+1,...,m_top

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