Bessel Equation
Bessel equation
[′bes·əl i′kwā·zhən]Bessel Equation
a linear differential equation of the second order of the form
x2y” + xy’ + (x2 - p2)y = 0
where the parameter (“index”) p can take on arbitrary (complex) values. The equation is named for F. Bessel. Numerous physics problems reduce to this equation. The solutions of the Bessel equation are called cylinder functions.
P. I. LIZORKIN