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THIS book is designed to provide a readable introduction to the subject for non-mathematical specialists. Beginning with functions of zero order, the author sets forth in a clear and straightforward manner the solutions of Bessel's equation of zero order. The student is thus introduced not only to 3n(x), but to Neumann's Bessel function of the second kind of zero order, and this leads to the general solution. The properties of the functions are then considered as far as the use of the Fourier-Bessel expansion, and some valuable illustrations of their application are made to the vibrating membrane and the hanging chain.
Introduction to Bessel Functions
By F. Bowman. Pp. x + 135. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1938.) 10s. 6d. net.
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B., F. [Book Reviews]. Nature 143, 356 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143356a0
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