BI(3)

SYNOPSIS
FUNCTION BI (X)

NAME
bi - Evaluate the Bairy function (the Airy function of the second kind).

LIBRARY
SLATEC (FNLIB)

CATEGORY
C10D

TYPE
SINGLE PRECISION (BI-S, DBI-D)

KEYWORDS
BAIRY FUNCTION, FNLIB, SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

AUTHOR
Fullerton, W., (LANL)

DESCRIPTION
BI(X) calculates the Airy function of the second kind for real argument X. Series for BIF on the interval -1.00000D+00 to 1.00000D+00 with weighted error 1.88E-19 log weighted error 18.72 significant figures required 17.74 decimal places required 19.20 Series for BIG on the interval -1.00000D+00 to 1.00000D+00 with weighted error 2.61E-17 log weighted error 16.58 significant figures required 15.17 decimal places required 17.03 Series for BIF2 on the interval 1.00000D+00 to 8.00000D+00 with weighted error 1.11E-17 log weighted error 16.95 approx significant figures required 16.5 decimal places required 17.45 Series for BIG2 on the interval 1.00000D+00 to 8.00000D+00 with weighted error 1.19E-18 log weighted error 17.92 approx significant figures required 17.2 decimal places required 18.42

REFERENCES
(NONE)

ROUTINES CALLED
BIE, CSEVL, INITS, R1MACH, R9AIMP, XERMSG

REVISION HISTORY (YYMMDD)
770701 DATE WRITTEN
890531 Changed all specific intrinsics to generic. (WRB)
890531 REVISION DATE from Version 3.2
891214 Prologue converted to Version 4.0 format. (BAB)
900315 CALLs to XERROR changed to CALLs to XERMSG. (THJ)
900326 Removed duplicate information from DESCRIPTION section. (WRB)