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If $m=k^2$ we define the complete elliptic integral of the second kind, $E$, to be
 
If $m=k^2$ we define the complete elliptic integral of the second kind, $E$, to be
$$E(k)=E(m)=\displaystyle\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \sqrt{1-k^2\sin^2 \theta} d\theta.$$
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$$E(k)=E(m)=\displaystyle\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \sqrt{1-k^2\sin^2 \theta} \mathrm{d}\theta.$$
  
 
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File:Elliptice plot.png|Plot of $E(m)$ on $[-10,1]$.
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File:Ellipticeplot.png|Graph of $E$.
 
File:Complexellipticeplot.png|[[Domain coloring]] of $E$.
 
File:Complexellipticeplot.png|[[Domain coloring]] of $E$.
 
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=Properties=
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[[E(m)=(pi/2)2F1(-1/2,1/2;1;m)]]<br />
  
 
=See Also=
 
=See Also=

Latest revision as of 04:54, 21 December 2017

If $m=k^2$ we define the complete elliptic integral of the second kind, $E$, to be $$E(k)=E(m)=\displaystyle\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \sqrt{1-k^2\sin^2 \theta} \mathrm{d}\theta.$$

Properties

E(m)=(pi/2)2F1(-1/2,1/2;1;m)

See Also

Elliptic K
Incomplete Elliptic E

References

"Special Functions" by Leon Hall