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# scipy.special.jnp_zeros

scipy.special.jnp_zeros(n, nt)

  Compute zeros of integer-order Bessel function derivatives Jn’.

  Compute nt zeros of the 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 \(n > 1\).

  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

  `jvp`

    Derivatives of integer-order Bessel functions of the first kind

  `jv`

    Float-order Bessel functions of the first kind

  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 \(J_2'\).

      >>> from scipy.special import jnp_zeros
      >>> jnp_zeros(2, 4)
      array([ 3.05423693,  6.70613319,  9.96946782, 13.17037086])

  As `jnp_zeros` yields the roots of \(J_n'\), it can be used to compute the locations of the peaks of \(J_n\). Plot \(J_2\), \(J_2'\) and the locations of the roots of \(J_2'\).

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> from scipy.special import jn, jnp_zeros, jvp
      >>> j2_roots = jnp_zeros(2, 4)
      >>> xmax = 15
      >>> x = np.linspace(0, xmax, 500)
      >>> fig, ax = plt.subplots()
      >>> ax.plot(x, jn(2, x), label=r'$J_2$')
      >>> ax.plot(x, jvp(2, x, 1), label=r"$J_2'$")
      >>> ax.hlines(0, 0, xmax, color='k')
      >>> ax.scatter(j2_roots, np.zeros((4, )), s=30, c='r',
      ...            label=r"Roots of $J_2'$", zorder=5)
      >>> ax.set_ylim(-0.4, 0.8)
      >>> ax.set_xlim(0, xmax)
      >>> plt.legend()
      >>> plt.show()