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The modified Bessel function of the second kind is defined by $$K_{\nu}(z)=\dfrac{\pi}{2} \dfrac{I_{-\nu}(z)-I_{\nu}(z)}{\sin(\nu \pi)},$$ where $I_{\nu}$ is the modified Bessel function of the first kind.
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Properties
Proposition: The following formula holds: $$K_{\frac{1}{2}}(z)=\sqrt{\dfrac{\pi}{2}}\dfrac{e^{-z}}{\sqrt{z}}; z>0.$$
Proof: █
Theorem
The following formula holds: $$\mathrm{Ai}(z)=\dfrac{1}{\pi} \sqrt{\dfrac{z}{3}} \mathrm{K}_{\frac{1}{3}} \left( \dfrac{2}{3} x^{\frac{3}{2}} \right),$$ where $\mathrm{Ai}$ is the Airy Ai function and $K_{\nu}$ denotes the modified Bessel $K$.