At Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:06:11 -0800,
Koichi Takahashi wrote:
> At this range, x is still not large enough to use the asymptotic form?
> In gsl_sf_bessel_jl_e,
>
> else if(x > 1000.0 && x > 100.0*l*l)
> {
> //asymptotic
> }
> else
> {
> //CF1
> }
>
> so, for example, 100 * 50 * 50 = 250,000.
> For l=50, the iteration starts to exceed 10,000 around x=9900.
> If we want to stick to 10,000 max iteration, we have to switch to
> the asymptotic version with something like x > 3*l*l. Maybe this is
> too small? If so I'd consider increasing the max iteration.
> Maybe we should do both. Or there can be a better method.
I've modified the asymptotic method to compute to higher precision and
changed gsl_sf_bessel_jl to use it for x > l*l (rather than x >
100*l*l). This fixes the test cases you sent.
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gsl.git;a=commit;h=f2c8297ac8957f1791cb9ed52a581b6b78b0e7d2
Thanks for the bug report.
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Brian Gough
Network Theory Ltd,
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