08-280 To: J3 From: Van Snyder Subject: Brief descriptions for Bessel Functions Date: 2008 October 13 The brief descriptions for BESSEL_JN and BESSEL_YN with three arguments are wrong. We could repair them either by changing the descriptions to "Bessel functions of the first [second] kind and orders N1 through N2" or by changing the brief descriptions of all Bessel functions to "Bessel functions of the first [second] kind". Straw vote: (1) Make all Bessel function descriptions simpler? (2) Make BESSEL_[JY]N descriptions correct but more wordy? (3) Huh? Changes are required at [317: 13.5 Table 13.1] and [331-332: 13.7.20-25]