Computation and applications of Mathieu functions: a historical perspective

DOI10.1137/20M135786XMaRDI QIDQ5162640zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Chris Brimacombe, Robert M. Corless, Mair Zamir

Publication date 5 November 2021

Published in SIAM Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.01812

zbMATH Keywords

Puiseux seriesMathieu functionshistorical surveydouble eigenvaluesmodified Mathieu functionscomputation of Mathieu functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables (65D20) History of special functions (33-03) Lamé, Mathieu, and spheroidal wave functions (33E10) Numerical approximation and evaluation of special functions (33F05)

Abstract: Mathieu functions of period $pi$ or $2pi$, also called elliptic cylinder functions, were introduced in 1868 by 'Emile Mathieu together with so-called modified Mathieu functions, in order to help understand the vibrations of an elastic membrane set in a fixed elliptical hoop. These functions still occur frequently in applications today: our interest, for instance, was stimulated by a problem of pulsatile blood flow in a blood vessel compressed into an elliptical cross-section. This paper surveys and recapitulates the historical development of the theory and methods of computation for Mathieu functions and modified Mathieu functions and identifies some gaps in current software capability, particularly to do with double eigenvalues of the Mathieu equation. We demonstrate how to compute Puiseux expansions of the Mathieu eigenvalues about such double eigenvalues, and give methods to compute the generalized eigenfunctions that arise there. In examining Mathieu's original contribution, we bring out that his use of anti-secularity predates that of Lindstedt. For interest, we also provide short biographies of some of the major mathematical researchers involved in the history of the Mathieu functions: 'Emile Mathieu, Sir Edmund Whittaker, Edward Ince, and Gertrude Blanch.

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• Algorithm 934
• NumGfun
• Chebfun
• Matlab
• Mathematica
• Maple
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