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and $\mathrm{Bi}$ (sometimes called the "Bairy function") are linearly independent solutions of the Airy differential equation
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The Airy function $\mathrm{Bi}$ (sometimes called the "Bairy function") is a solution of the Airy differential equation
$$y''(z)-zy(z)=0.$$
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$$y''(z)-zy(z)=0,$$
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which is linearly independent from the [[Airy Ai]] function.
  
 
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File:Airyai.png|Airy $\mathrm{Ai}$ function.
 
 
File:Airybi.png|Aairy $\mathrm{Bi}$ function.
 
File:Airybi.png|Aairy $\mathrm{Bi}$ function.
File:Complexairyai.png|[[Domain coloring]] of analytic continuation of $\mathrm{Ai}$.
 
 
File:Complexairybi.png|[[Domain coloring]] of analytic continuation of $\mathrm{Bi}$.
 
File:Complexairybi.png|[[Domain coloring]] of analytic continuation of $\mathrm{Bi}$.
 
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Revision as of 23:15, 6 May 2015

The Airy function $\mathrm{Bi}$ (sometimes called the "Bairy function") is a solution of the Airy differential equation $$y(z)-zy(z)=0,$$ which is linearly independent from the Airy Ai function.


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