# Airy Functions¶

This module implements Airy functions and their generalized derivatives. It supports symbolic functionality through Maxima and numeric evaluation through mpmath and scipy.

Airy functions are solutions to the differential equation $$f''(x) - x f(x) = 0$$.

Four global function symbols are immediately available, please see

AUTHORS:

• Oscar Gerardo Lazo Arjona (2010): initial version
• Douglas McNeil (2012): rewrite

EXAMPLES:

Verify that the Airy functions are solutions to the differential equation:

sage: diff(airy_ai(x), x, 2) - x * airy_ai(x)
0
sage: diff(airy_bi(x), x, 2) - x * airy_bi(x)
0

class sage.functions.airy.FunctionAiryAiGeneral

The generalized derivative of the Airy Ai function

INPUT:

• alpha – Return the $$\alpha$$-th order fractional derivative with respect to $$z$$. For $$\alpha = n = 1,2,3,\ldots$$ this gives the derivative $$\operatorname{Ai}^{(n)}(z)$$, and for $$\alpha = -n = -1,-2,-3,\ldots$$ this gives the $$n$$-fold iterated integral.
\begin{align}\begin{aligned}f_0(z) = \operatorname{Ai}(z)\\f_n(z) = \int_0^z f_{n-1}(t) dt\end{aligned}\end{align}
• x – The argument of the function

EXAMPLES:

sage: from sage.functions.airy import airy_ai_general
sage: x, n = var('x n')
sage: airy_ai_general(-2, x)
airy_ai(-2, x)
sage: derivative(airy_ai_general(-2, x), x)
airy_ai(-1, x)
sage: airy_ai_general(n, x)
airy_ai(n, x)
sage: derivative(airy_ai_general(n, x), x)
airy_ai(n + 1, x)

class sage.functions.airy.FunctionAiryAiPrime

The derivative of the Airy Ai function; see airy_ai() for the full documentation.

EXAMPLES:

sage: x, n = var('x n')
sage: airy_ai_prime(x)
airy_ai_prime(x)
sage: airy_ai_prime(0)
-1/3*3^(2/3)/gamma(1/3)
sage: airy_ai_prime(x)._sympy_()
airyaiprime(x)

class sage.functions.airy.FunctionAiryAiSimple

The class for the Airy Ai function.

EXAMPLES:

sage: from sage.functions.airy import airy_ai_simple
sage: f = airy_ai_simple(x); f
airy_ai(x)
sage: airy_ai_simple(x)._sympy_()
airyai(x)

class sage.functions.airy.FunctionAiryBiGeneral

The generalized derivative of the Airy Bi function.

INPUT:

• alpha – Return the $$\alpha$$-th order fractional derivative with respect to $$z$$. For $$\alpha = n = 1,2,3,\ldots$$ this gives the derivative $$\operatorname{Bi}^{(n)}(z)$$, and for $$\alpha = -n = -1,-2,-3,\ldots$$ this gives the $$n$$-fold iterated integral.
\begin{align}\begin{aligned}f_0(z) = \operatorname{Bi}(z)\\f_n(z) = \int_0^z f_{n-1}(t) dt\end{aligned}\end{align}
• x – The argument of the function

EXAMPLES:

sage: from sage.functions.airy import airy_bi_general
sage: x, n = var('x n')
sage: airy_bi_general(-2, x)
airy_bi(-2, x)
sage: derivative(airy_bi_general(-2, x), x)
airy_bi(-1, x)
sage: airy_bi_general(n, x)
airy_bi(n, x)
sage: derivative(airy_bi_general(n, x), x)
airy_bi(n + 1, x)

class sage.functions.airy.FunctionAiryBiPrime

The derivative of the Airy Bi function; see airy_bi() for the full documentation.

EXAMPLES:

sage: x, n = var('x n')
sage: airy_bi_prime(x)
airy_bi_prime(x)
sage: airy_bi_prime(0)
3^(1/6)/gamma(1/3)
sage: airy_bi_prime(x)._sympy_()
airybiprime(x)

class sage.functions.airy.FunctionAiryBiSimple

The class for the Airy Bi function.

EXAMPLES:

sage: from sage.functions.airy import airy_bi_simple
sage: f = airy_bi_simple(x); f
airy_bi(x)
sage: f._sympy_()
airybi(x)

sage.functions.airy.airy_ai(alpha, x=None, hold_derivative=True, **kwds)

The Airy Ai function

The Airy Ai function $$\operatorname{Ai}(x)$$ is (along with $$\operatorname{Bi}(x)$$) one of the two linearly independent standard solutions to the Airy differential equation $$f''(x) - x f(x) = 0$$. It is defined by the initial conditions:

\begin{align}\begin{aligned}\operatorname{Ai}(0)=\frac{1}{2^{2/3} \Gamma\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)},\\\operatorname{Ai}'(0)=-\frac{1}{2^{1/3}\Gamma\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)}.\end{aligned}\end{align}

Another way to define the Airy Ai function is:

$\operatorname{Ai}(x)=\frac{1}{\pi}\int_0^\infty \cos\left(\frac{1}{3}t^3+xt\right) dt.$

INPUT:

• alpha – Return the $$\alpha$$-th order fractional derivative with respect to $$z$$. For $$\alpha = n = 1,2,3,\ldots$$ this gives the derivative $$\operatorname{Ai}^{(n)}(z)$$, and for $$\alpha = -n = -1,-2,-3,\ldots$$ this gives the $$n$$-fold iterated integral.
\begin{align}\begin{aligned}f_0(z) = \operatorname{Ai}(z)\\f_n(z) = \int_0^z f_{n-1}(t) dt\end{aligned}\end{align}
• x – The argument of the function
• hold_derivative – Whether or not to stop from returning higher derivatives in terms of $$\operatorname{Ai}(x)$$ and $$\operatorname{Ai}'(x)$$

EXAMPLES:

sage: n, x = var('n x')
sage: airy_ai(x)
airy_ai(x)


It can return derivatives or integrals:

sage: airy_ai(2, x)
airy_ai(2, x)
sage: airy_ai(1, x, hold_derivative=False)
airy_ai_prime(x)
sage: airy_ai(2, x, hold_derivative=False)
x*airy_ai(x)
sage: airy_ai(-2, x, hold_derivative=False)
airy_ai(-2, x)
sage: airy_ai(n, x)
airy_ai(n, x)


It can be evaluated symbolically or numerically for real or complex values:

sage: airy_ai(0)
1/3*3^(1/3)/gamma(2/3)
sage: airy_ai(0.0)
0.355028053887817
sage: airy_ai(I)
airy_ai(I)
sage: airy_ai(1.0*I)
0.331493305432141 - 0.317449858968444*I


The functions can be evaluated numerically either using mpmath. which can compute the values to arbitrary precision, and scipy:

sage: airy_ai(2).n(prec=100)
0.034924130423274379135322080792
sage: airy_ai(2).n(algorithm='mpmath', prec=100)
0.034924130423274379135322080792
sage: airy_ai(2).n(algorithm='scipy')  # rel tol 1e-10
0.03492413042327323


And the derivatives can be evaluated:

sage: airy_ai(1, 0)
-1/3*3^(2/3)/gamma(1/3)
sage: airy_ai(1, 0.0)
-0.258819403792807


Plots:

sage: plot(airy_ai(x), (x, -10, 5)) + plot(airy_ai_prime(x),
....:  (x, -10, 5), color='red')
Graphics object consisting of 2 graphics primitives


REFERENCES:

sage.functions.airy.airy_bi(alpha, x=None, hold_derivative=True, **kwds)

The Airy Bi function

The Airy Bi function $$\operatorname{Bi}(x)$$ is (along with $$\operatorname{Ai}(x)$$) one of the two linearly independent standard solutions to the Airy differential equation $$f''(x) - x f(x) = 0$$. It is defined by the initial conditions:

\begin{align}\begin{aligned}\operatorname{Bi}(0)=\frac{1}{3^{1/6} \Gamma\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)},\\\operatorname{Bi}'(0)=\frac{3^{1/6}}{ \Gamma\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)}.\end{aligned}\end{align}

Another way to define the Airy Bi function is:

$\operatorname{Bi}(x)=\frac{1}{\pi}\int_0^\infty \left[ \exp\left( xt -\frac{t^3}{3} \right) +\sin\left(xt + \frac{1}{3}t^3\right) \right ] dt.$

INPUT:

• alpha – Return the $$\alpha$$-th order fractional derivative with respect to $$z$$. For $$\alpha = n = 1,2,3,\ldots$$ this gives the derivative $$\operatorname{Bi}^{(n)}(z)$$, and for $$\alpha = -n = -1,-2,-3,\ldots$$ this gives the $$n$$-fold iterated integral.
\begin{align}\begin{aligned}f_0(z) = \operatorname{Bi}(z)\\f_n(z) = \int_0^z f_{n-1}(t) dt\end{aligned}\end{align}
• x – The argument of the function
• hold_derivative – Whether or not to stop from returning higher derivatives in terms of $$\operatorname{Bi}(x)$$ and $$\operatorname{Bi}'(x)$$

EXAMPLES:

sage: n, x = var('n x')
sage: airy_bi(x)
airy_bi(x)


It can return derivatives or integrals:

sage: airy_bi(2, x)
airy_bi(2, x)
sage: airy_bi(1, x, hold_derivative=False)
airy_bi_prime(x)
sage: airy_bi(2, x, hold_derivative=False)
x*airy_bi(x)
sage: airy_bi(-2, x, hold_derivative=False)
airy_bi(-2, x)
sage: airy_bi(n, x)
airy_bi(n, x)


It can be evaluated symbolically or numerically for real or complex values:

sage: airy_bi(0)
1/3*3^(5/6)/gamma(2/3)
sage: airy_bi(0.0)
0.614926627446001
sage: airy_bi(I)
airy_bi(I)
sage: airy_bi(1.0*I)
0.648858208330395 + 0.344958634768048*I


The functions can be evaluated numerically using mpmath, which can compute the values to arbitrary precision, and scipy:

sage: airy_bi(2).n(prec=100)
3.2980949999782147102806044252
sage: airy_bi(2).n(algorithm='mpmath', prec=100)
3.2980949999782147102806044252
sage: airy_bi(2).n(algorithm='scipy')  # rel tol 1e-10
3.2980949999782134


And the derivatives can be evaluated:

sage: airy_bi(1, 0)
3^(1/6)/gamma(1/3)
sage: airy_bi(1, 0.0)
0.448288357353826


Plots:

sage: plot(airy_bi(x), (x, -10, 5)) + plot(airy_bi_prime(x),
....:  (x, -10, 5), color='red')
Graphics object consisting of 2 graphics primitives


REFERENCES: