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# scipy.special.j0

scipy.special.j0(x, out=None) = <ufunc 'j0'>

  Bessel function of the first kind of order 0.

  Parameters:
    xarray_like

      Argument (float).

    outndarray, optional

      Optional output array for the function values

  Returns:
    Jscalar or ndarray

      Value of the Bessel function of the first kind of order 0 at x.

  See also

  `jv`

    Bessel function of real order and complex argument.

  `spherical_jn`

    spherical Bessel functions.

  Notes

  The domain is divided into the intervals [0, 5] and (5, infinity). In the first interval the following rational approximation is used:

  \[J_0(x) \approx (w - r_1^2)(w - r_2^2) \frac{P_3(w)}{Q_8(w)},\]

  where \(w = x^2\) and \(r_1\), \(r_2\) are the zeros of \(J_0\), and \(P_3\) and \(Q_8\) are polynomials of degrees 3 and 8, respectively.

  In the second interval, the Hankel asymptotic expansion is employed with two rational functions of degree 6/6 and 7/7.

  This function is a wrapper for the Cephes [1] routine `j0`. It should not be confused with the spherical Bessel functions (see `spherical_jn`).

  References

  [1]

  Cephes Mathematical Functions Library, http://www.netlib.org/cephes/

  Examples

  Calculate the function at one point:

      >>> from scipy.special import j0
      >>> j0(1.)
      0.7651976865579665

  Calculate the function at several points:

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> j0(np.array([-2., 0., 4.]))
      array([ 0.22389078,  1.        , -0.39714981])

  Plot the function from -20 to 20.

      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> fig, ax = plt.subplots()
      >>> x = np.linspace(-20., 20., 1000)
      >>> y = j0(x)
      >>> ax.plot(x, y)
      >>> plt.show()