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# scipy.special.yn_zeros

scipy.special.yn_zeros(n, nt)

  Compute zeros of integer-order Bessel function Yn(x).

  Compute nt zeros of the functions \(Y_n(x)\) on the interval \((0, \infty)\). The zeros are returned in ascending order.

  Parameters:
    n int

      Order of Bessel function

    nt int

      Number of zeros to return

  Returns:
    ndarray

      First nt zeros of the Bessel function.

  See also

  `yn`

    Bessel function of the second kind for integer order

  `yv`

    Bessel function of the second kind for real order

  References

  [1]

  Zhang, Shanjie and Jin, Jianming. “Computation of Special Functions”, John Wiley and Sons, 1996, chapter 5. https://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/f77_src/special_functions/special_functions.html

  Examples

  Compute the first four roots of \(Y_2\).

      >>> from scipy.special import yn_zeros
      >>> yn_zeros(2, 4)
      array([ 3.38424177,  6.79380751, 10.02347798, 13.20998671])

  Plot \(Y_2\) and its first four roots.

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> from scipy.special import yn, yn_zeros
      >>> xmin = 2
      >>> xmax = 15
      >>> x = np.linspace(xmin, xmax, 500)
      >>> fig, ax = plt.subplots()
      >>> ax.hlines(0, xmin, xmax, color='k')
      >>> ax.plot(x, yn(2, x), label=r'$Y_2$')
      >>> ax.scatter(yn_zeros(2, 4), np.zeros((4, )), s=30, c='r',
      ...            label='Roots', zorder=5)
      >>> ax.set_ylim(-0.4, 0.4)
      >>> ax.set_xlim(xmin, xmax)
      >>> plt.legend()
      >>> plt.show()