The Jacobi elliptic functions of a real variable #
For a modulus k with k ^ 2 < 1, the integral of the first kind φ ↦ F(φ, k) is an order
isomorphism of ℝ (TauCeti.Real.legendreFOrderIso). This file defines its inverse, the
Jacobi amplitude jacobiAm k, and the three basic Jacobi elliptic functions
(DLMF §22.16(i))
jacobiSn k u = sin (jacobiAm k u);jacobiCn k u = cos (jacobiAm k u);jacobiDn k u = √(1 - k ^ 2 * jacobiSn k u ^ 2),
as functions ℝ → ℝ with the modulus as first argument. For k ^ 2 ≥ 1 the amplitude is the junk
value id; theorems that need k ^ 2 < 1 say so.
We prove the basic theory:
- the amplitude inverts
F, is odd, continuous and strictly increasing, satisfiesam(u + 2 n K) = am(u) + n πandam(K) = π / 2, has derivativedn, and is nonexpansive in its argument; - the identities
sn² + cn² = 1anddn² + k² sn² = 1, positivity ofdn, and the parities ofsn,cnanddnin the argument and in the modulus; - the derivatives
sn′ = cn dn,cn′ = -sn dn,dn′ = -k² sn cn, and the first-order differential equation(sn′)² = (1 - sn²)(1 - k² sn²); - the antiperiods
2Kofsnandcn, hence their period4K, the period2Kofdn, and the values atu = K; - the points where
sn = 1, and hence that4Kis the least positive period ofsn; - the degeneration at modulus
0:am = id,sn = sin,cn = cos,dn = 1.
Here K = legendreK k is the complete integral of the first kind.
References #
- NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions, Chapter 22, https://dlmf.nist.gov/22.
- E. T. Whittaker and G. N. Watson, A Course of Modern Analysis, Chapter XXII.
Definitions #
The Jacobi elliptic function sn(u, k) = sin (am(u, k)).
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The Jacobi elliptic function cn(u, k) = cos (am(u, k)).
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The Jacobi elliptic function dn(u, k) = √(1 - k² sn²(u, k)).
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The amplitude #
For k ^ 2 < 1, the inverse of the order isomorphism φ ↦ F(φ, k) is the amplitude.
The amplitude is strictly increasing, for every modulus.
The amplitude is continuous, for every modulus.
At modulus 0 the amplitude is the identity.
Algebraic identities #
Values at zero and parity #
The degenerate modulus k = 0 #
Continuity and derivatives #
The derivative of the amplitude is dn: am′(u, k) = dn(u, k) (DLMF §22.16(i)).
The Jacobi amplitude is nonexpansive in its real argument.
Periods and values at the quarter period #
sn changes sign under a shift by 2K: sn(u + 2K) = -sn(u) (DLMF §22.4(iii)).
cn changes sign under a shift by 2K: cn(u + 2K) = -cn(u) (DLMF §22.4(iii)).
sn has period 4K.
cn has period 4K.
dn has period 2K.