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# scipy.special.elliprd

scipy.special.elliprd(x, y, z, out=None) = <ufunc 'elliprd'>

  Symmetric elliptic integral of the second kind.

  The function RD is defined as [1]

  \[R_{\mathrm{D}}(x, y, z) = \frac{3}{2} \int_0^{+\infty} [(t + x) (t + y)]^{-1/2} (t + z)^{-3/2} dt\]
  Parameters:
    x, y, z array_like

      Real or complex input parameters. x or y can be any number in the complex plane cut along the negative real axis, but at most one of them can be zero, while z must be non-zero.

    out ndarray, optional

      Optional output array for the function values

  Returns:
    R scalar or ndarray

      Value of the integral. If all of x, y, and z are real, the return value is real. Otherwise, the return value is complex.

  See also

  `elliprc`

    Degenerate symmetric elliptic integral.

  `elliprf`

    Completely-symmetric elliptic integral of the first kind.

  `elliprg`

    Completely-symmetric elliptic integral of the second kind.

  `elliprj`

    Symmetric elliptic integral of the third kind.

  Notes

  RD is a degenerate case of the elliptic integral RJ: `elliprd(x, y, z) == elliprj(x, y, z, z)`.

  The code implements Carlson’s algorithm based on the duplication theorems and series expansion up to the 7th order. [2]

  New in version 1.8.0.

  References

  [1]

  B. C. Carlson, ed., Chapter 19 in “Digital Library of Mathematical Functions,” NIST, US Dept. of Commerce. https://dlmf.nist.gov/19.16.E5

  [2]

  B. C. Carlson, “Numerical computation of real or complex elliptic integrals,” Numer. Algorithm, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 13-26, 1995. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9409227 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02198293

  Examples

  Basic homogeneity property:

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> from scipy.special import elliprd

      >>> x = 1.2 + 3.4j
      >>> y = 5.
      >>> z = 6.
      >>> scale = 0.3 + 0.4j
      >>> elliprd(scale*x, scale*y, scale*z)
      (-0.03703043835680379-0.24500934665683802j)

      >>> elliprd(x, y, z)*np.power(scale, -1.5)
      (-0.0370304383568038-0.24500934665683805j)

  All three arguments coincide:

      >>> x = 1.2 + 3.4j
      >>> elliprd(x, x, x)
      (-0.03986825876151896-0.14051741840449586j)

      >>> np.power(x, -1.5)
      (-0.03986825876151894-0.14051741840449583j)

  The so-called “second lemniscate constant”:

      >>> elliprd(0, 2, 1)/3
      0.5990701173677961

      >>> from scipy.special import gamma
      >>> gamma(0.75)**2/np.sqrt(2*np.pi)
      0.5990701173677959