English Explanatory Dictionary

Bessel function

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of functions that are solutions to a particular form of differential equation (a Bessel equation) and are typically used to describe waves in a cylindrically symmetric system.

Word forms

Bessel function Bessel functions

Etymology

For Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician.

Synonyms

cylinder function

Related words

Bessel function of the first kind Bessel function of the second kind
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