Simplify by Recurrence Relations
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg75753] Simplify by Recurrence Relations
- From: Mr Ajit Sen <senra99 at yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 04:49:00 -0400 (EDT)
Dear Mathgroup, Could someone please show me how to simplify a function by using its recurrence relations. As a simple example, let's take the Bessel recurrence relation BesselJ[n+1,z]= 2n/z BesselJ[n,z]-BesselJ[n-1,z]. How do I get Mathematica (5.2 !) to evaluate D[BesselJ[2,x],x] as (1-4/x^2)BesselJ[1,x]+ 2/x BesselJ[0,x] instead of (BesselJ[1,x]-BesselJ[3,x])/2 ? [Basically, reduce the order to 0 &/or 1, so that all J0 and J1 can be factored out later.] Thanking you in advance. Ajit. ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com