# Code to solve integral including Bessel function numerically in Matlab [Solved]

$\int\limits_{0}^{\infty}dx\sqrt{x}J_{\frac{4}{3}}(x)\sin{ax} \quad a>1$

How can I write a code in Matlab that solve this integral numerically?. I'm new to Matlab. Usually, I use Mathematica. However, the Mathematica could not solve this integral.

• What Mathematica command did you use? – Moo Jul 3 '17 at 22:22
• What do you mean solve this equation? There is no equation stated – Batman Jul 3 '17 at 22:23
• @Batman Sorry. I meant the integral. – Dinesh Shankar Jul 3 '17 at 22:36

Really strange, since the integrand can be greatly simplified. We have $$J_{\frac{3}{2}}(x) = \frac{\sin(x)-x\cos(x)}{x^{3/2}}\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}\tag{1}$$ hence the regularized value of the wanted integral equals $$\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}\,\text{RV}\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{\sin(x)-x\cos(x)}{x}\cos(\alpha x)\,dx=\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{\sin(x)\cos(\alpha x)}{x}\,dx \tag{2}$$ i.e. $\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}},\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{2}}$ or $0$ according to $|\alpha|<1, |\alpha|=1$ or $|\alpha|>1$.
We need to consider a regularization since $\sqrt{x}\,J_{3/2}(x)\cos(\alpha x)$ is not improperly Riemann-integrable over $\mathbb{R}^+$, strictly speaking: $J_{3/2}(x)$ does not decay fast enough to zero to compensate the $\sqrt{x}$ term, but $\cos(\alpha x)$ has a bounded primitive. The regularization previously considered is the exponential/Laplace regularization: $$\text{RV}\int_{0}^{+\infty}f(x)\,dx = \lim_{\lambda\to 0^+}\int_{0}^{+\infty}f(x) e^{-\lambda x}\,dx.$$

• @user3321: I have just defined what I mean by $\text{RV}$. – Jack D'Aurizio Jul 3 '17 at 22:56

I don't think this can be integrated. However, here is a sample code that shows how I approached your problem:

## $$\begin{matrix} a=pi; nu=4/3;\\ x=linspace(0,100,100001)';\\ dx=x(2);\\ integrand=sqrt(x).*besselj(nu,x).*sin(a*x);\\ figure;plot(x,integrand)\\ ans=cumtrapz(integrand)*dx;\\ figure;plot(x,ans) \end{matrix}$$

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So, you can see both the integrand and the cumulative integral are oscillating wildly. Are you sure that you have specified the problem correctly? I also ran the integral in Mathematica with both Integrate and NIntegrate to no avail.