% Script to plot comparison of Bessel functions J0(x) and K0(x) to their % large-x asymptotic approximations x = 0:0.1:10; nu = 0; A1 = sqrt(2./(pi*x)); % First-order amplitude phi0 = x - nu*pi/2 - pi/4; % Zeroth order phase phi2 = (nu^2 - 1/4)./(2*x); % Second order correction to phase Jnu1 = A1 .* cos(phi0); Ynu1 = A1 .* sin(phi0); Jnu2 = A1 .* cos(phi0 + phi2); Ynu2 = A1 .* sin(phi0 + phi2); plot(x,Jnu1,'r-',x,Jnu2,'g-',x,besselj(0,x),'b-') xlabel('x') ylim([-2 2]) title(['Asymptotic series approximations exp(S0+...SP) to J0(x) (solid) and' ... ' Y0(x) (dashed)']) legend('P=1','P=2','Exact') hold on plot(x,Ynu1,'r--',x,Ynu2,'g--',x,bessely(0,x),'b--') hold off