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On the positive roots of an equation involving a Bessel function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Siegfried H. Lehnigk
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Research Directorate Research, Development and Engineering CenterU.S. Army Missile CommandRedstone Arsenal, Al 35898–5248
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In this paper we shall discuss the positive roots of the equation

where Iq is the modified Bessel function of the first kind. By means of a recurrence relation for Iq(r) [2, (5.7.9)], equation (1.1a) can also be written in the form

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1989

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