Re: expansion of a complex exponential in terms of Bessel functions
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- Subject: [mg82310] Re: expansion of a complex exponential in terms of Bessel functions
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:06:18 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <ff1pgh$8rm$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi, just write down the rule and don't use Sum[] because otherwise Mathematica will simplify back the Sum[] Regards Jens P. S. Ramanujam wrote: > Dear MathForum > > Is there a way to expand a complex exponential function such as exp[i x_ Cos[y_]] > in terms of Bessel functions in Mathematica? For example, > Exp[i a Cos[b]]->Bessel[0,b]+Sum[i^n Bessel[J[n,b](Exp[i n b]+Exp[-i n b])? > > Regards > > P. S. Ramanujam >