AiryBi Method (x)

Computes the Airy function of the second kind.

Declaration Syntax

Visual Basic

Visual C++

public static double AiryBi(
	double x
)

Public Shared Function AiryBi ( _
	x As Double _
) As Double

public:
static double AiryBi(
	double x
)

static member AiryBi : 
        x:float -> float

Parameters

x (Double): The argument.

Return Value

The value Bi(x).

Remarks

The Airy functions appear in quantum mechanics in the semiclassical WKB solution to the wave functions in a potential.

For negative arguments, Bi(x) is oscilatory. For positive arguments, it increases exponentially with increasing x.

While the notation Bi(x) was chosen simply as a natural complement to Ai(x), it has influenced the common nomenclature for this function, which is now often called the "Bairy function".