Abstract

Repeated integrals of Bessel functions $K_\nu (x)$ on $0 < x < \infty $, denoted by $Ki_{\nu,n} (x)$, are considered. Series are derived in terms of exponential integrals that are direct extensions of known results for the Bickley functions $Ki_n (x)$. The basic result for $n = 0$ can also be extended to $n < 0$ by repeated differentiation. For $\nu $ a nonnegative integer, it is also shown that $Ki_{\nu,n} (x)$ can be represented as a finite sum of Bickley functions of which $Ki_{\nu,0} (x) = K_\nu (x)$ is a special case.

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  1. 33A40

Keywords

  1. K Bessel functions
  2. modified Bessel functions
  3. Bickley functions
  4. derivatives of Bessel functions
  5. exponential integrals

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cover image SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
Pages: 169 - 175
ISSN (online): 1095-7154

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Submitted: 31 August 1987
Accepted: 1 March 1988
Published online: 17 February 2012

MSC codes

  1. 33A40

Keywords

  1. K Bessel functions
  2. modified Bessel functions
  3. Bickley functions
  4. derivatives of Bessel functions
  5. exponential integrals

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