Bessel function

Meaning

Noun

• Any of a class of functions that are solutions to a particular form of differential equation (a Bessel equation) and are typically used to describe waves in a cylindrically symmetric system.

Related

Similar words

• cylinder function

Narrower meaning words

• modified Bessel function
• Riccati-Bessel function
• spherical Bessel function

Broader meaning words

• function

Origin

• For Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician.