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# scipy.special.jn_zeros

scipy.special.jn_zeros(n, nt)

  Compute zeros of integer-order Bessel functions Jn.

  Compute nt zeros of the Bessel functions \(J_n(x)\) on the interval \((0, \infty)\). The zeros are returned in ascending order. Note that this interval excludes the zero at \(x = 0\) that exists for \(n > 0\).

  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

  `jv`

    Real-order Bessel functions of the first kind

  `jnp_zeros`

    Zeros of \(Jn'\)

  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 positive roots of \(J_3\).

      >>> from scipy.special import jn_zeros
      >>> jn_zeros(3, 4)
      array([ 6.3801619 ,  9.76102313, 13.01520072, 16.22346616])

  Plot \(J_3\) and its first four positive roots. Note that the root located at 0 is not returned by `jn_zeros`.

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> from scipy.special import jn, jn_zeros
      >>> j3_roots = jn_zeros(3, 4)
      >>> xmax = 18
      >>> xmin = -1
      >>> x = np.linspace(xmin, xmax, 500)
      >>> fig, ax = plt.subplots()
      >>> ax.plot(x, jn(3, x), label=r'$J_3$')
      >>> ax.scatter(j3_roots, np.zeros((4, )), s=30, c='r',
      ...            label=r"$J_3$_Zeros", zorder=5)
      >>> ax.scatter(0, 0, s=30, c='k',
      ...            label=r"Root at 0", zorder=5)
      >>> ax.hlines(0, 0, xmax, color='k')
      >>> ax.set_xlim(xmin, xmax)
      >>> plt.legend()
      >>> plt.show()