A note on monotonicity property of Bessel functions

• Main Author: Stamatis Koumandos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 1997-01-01
• Series: International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
• Subjects: Bessel functions; positive integral of Besel functions; monotonicity property of Bessel functions.
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171297000756

A theorem of Lorch, Muldoon and Szegö states that the sequence {∫jα,kjα,k+1t−α|Jα(t)|dt}k=1∞ is decreasing for α>−1/2, where Jα(t) the Bessel function of the first kind order α and jα,k its kth positive root. This monotonicity property implies Szegö's inequality ∫0xt−αJα(t)dt≥0, when α≥α′ and α′ is the unique solution of ∫0jα,2t−αJα(t)dt=0.