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Re: Gamma Function - Bessel Function Identity
Posted:
Sep 7, 2012 4:35 PM
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On 2012-09-06, ksoileau <kmsoileau@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have observed and proved the following identity for all x\ne 0 :
> $$
> (I_{k-1}(x) +I_{k+1}(x) )I_{-k}(x)
> -(I_{-k-1}(x)+I_{-k+1}(x))I_k(x)
> = \frac{4 k}{x \Gamma (1-k) \Gamma (1+k)}
> $$
>
> Is this well-known or trivially derived? Any comments will be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Kerry M. Soileau
I am unaware of it, but the right side can be greatly
simplified to 4 sin(k\pi)/(x\pi); it might be known in this form.
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