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[Help-gsl] Incomplete elliptic integral (Legendre) (quasi-)periodicity i
From: |
Lionel Barnett |
Subject: |
[Help-gsl] Incomplete elliptic integral (Legendre) (quasi-)periodicity issue |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:43:05 +0100 |
Greetings,
It appears that the function gsl_sf_ellint_E(phi,m) is periodic with
period 2\pi. However, E(\phi|m), even under the definition at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/Definition-of-Legendre-Forms.html#Definition-of-Legendre-Forms
is actually *quasi*-periodic, satisfying the relation:
E(\phi+n\pi,m) = 2n E(m) + E(\phi,m)
Now I can use this relationship to calculate the correct value of
E(\phi,m) for larger \phi ... except for \pi/2 < \phi < \pi
Any ideas how to do this?
--
Lionel B
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