Table Of ContentAccurate Computation of
Mathieu Functions
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MalcolmM.BibbyandAndrewF.Peterson
2013
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2006
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Accurate Computation of
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Malcolm M. Bibby and Andrew F. Peterson
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ABSTRACT
islecturepresentsamodernapproachforthecomputationofMathieufunctions.esefunc-
tionsfindapplicationinboundaryvalueanalysissuchaselectromagneticscatteringfromelliptic
cylindersandflatstrips,aswellastheanalogousacousticandopticalproblems,andmanyother
applicationsinscienceandengineering.eauthorsreviewthetraditionalapproachusedforthese
functions, show its limitations, and provide an alternative “tuned” approach enabling improved
accuracy and convergence. e performance of this approach is investigated for a wide range of
parameters and machine precision. Examples from electromagnetic scattering are provided for
illustrationandtoshowtheconvergenceofthetypicalseriesthatemployMathieufunctionsfor
boundaryvalueanalysis.
KEYWORDS
ellipticcylinder,electromagneticscattering,boundaryvalueproblems