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Function evaluation

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  • Subject: [mg17550] Function evaluation
  • From: phpcp at csv.warwick.ac.uk
  • Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 01:13:15 -0400
  • Organization: University of Warwick, UK
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com


I have a function defined as

f[s_,n_]:=BesselK[0,n*(1-s)]-BesselK[0,n]*BesselI[0,n*(1-s)]/BesselI[0,n]

We can see that at s=0, f is zero. but mathematica returns a small number,
i think it is the workingprecision. I have tried to change the working
precision, but that does not help. the function still evaluates to a
10^-16 number. I am using this function to define other functions. Ccan
someone help me find a way to evaluate this function correctly.

cheers,
sanjay



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