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BesselK






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Traditional Notation









Bessel-Type Functions > BesselK[nu,z] > Identities > Recurrence identities > Distant neighbors > Decreasing





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Input Form





BesselK[\[Nu], z] == ((-1)^n 2^(n - 1) Pochhammer[1 - \[Nu], n - 1] (2 (n - \[Nu]) Sum[((n - k)!/(k! (n - 2 k)! Pochhammer[1 - \[Nu], k] Pochhammer[\[Nu] - n, k])) (-(z^2/4))^k BesselK[\[Nu] - n, z], {k, 0, Floor[n/2]}] - z Sum[((n - k - 1)!/(k! (n - 2 k - 1)! Pochhammer[1 - \[Nu], k] Pochhammer[1 + \[Nu] - n, k])) (-(z^2/4))^k BesselK[\[Nu] - n - 1, z], {k, 0, Floor[(n - 1)/2]}]))/z^n /; Element[n, Integers] && n >= 0










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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