Of course, it is:
double jn(int n,double x);
and
vardef jn(expr n, x) = scantokens(lua("mp.quoted( ffi.C.jn(" & decimal n & ","
& decimal x & "))")) enddef ;
Alan
(shows that I have yet to use jn ;-)
On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:32:39 +0100
Otared Kavian <ota...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mikael,
>
> Thank you, as ell as Alan and Henri, for giving us a simple way to use Bessel
> functions, directly in ConTeXt.
> However I have a question, which may show my total ignorance of the maths
> libraries ffi and consorts: how do you specify the value of the integr $n$
> when you want to use $J_{n}(x)$?
>
> Best regards: OK
>
> > On 12 Dec 2018, at 21:13, Mikael P. Sundqvist <mic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 9:02 PM Henri Menke <henrime...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 13/12/18 8:56 AM, Alan Braslau wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 20:42:56 +0100
> >>> "Mikael P. Sundqvist" <mic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks, Alan! That looks very promising. I could not make it work,
> >>>> though, and I guess that is because I use linux and do not know what
> >>>> to change for what. I installed libcerf but I assume something else is
> >>>> missing. In any case, this is one of the things it would be nice to
> >>>> have, at least as a module. I have no idea on how to realize that,
> >>>> though.
> >>>>
> >>>> /Mikael
> >>>
> >>> You likely also need to install libffi - I do not know what package
> >>> this is on your flavor of linux - Luigi is the ffi specialist!
> >>
> >> FFI is integrated in LuaTeX >= 1.03
> >>
> >> In you example you load libcerf but you are not using it. What you are
> >> actually using are the Bessel function from the C Standard library. GCC
> >> includes them as a GNU extension.
> >> https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Special-Functions.html#index-j0
> >> Your example also works if you remove libcerf (at least for me on Linux).
> >>
> >
> > Thanks Henri! Indeed it worked now. The following example (just in
> > case someone else did not get what to change) compiles here, and shows
> > the expected graph. This is very good news!
> >
> > \startluacode
> >
> > ffi = require("ffi")
> > ffi.cdef[[
> > double j0(double x);
> > double j1(double x);
> > double jn(double x);
> > ]]
> >
> > \stopluacode
> >
> > \startMPdefinitions{doublefun}
> > vardef jzero primary x = scantokens(lua("mp.quoted( ffi.C.j0(" &
> > decimal x & "))")) enddef ;
> > vardef jone primary x = scantokens(lua("mp.quoted( ffi.C.j1(" &
> > decimal x & "))")) enddef ;
> > vardef jn primary x = scantokens(lua("mp.quoted( ffi.C.jn(" &
> > decimal x & "))")) enddef ;
> > \stopMPdefinitions
> >
> >
> > \starttext
> > \startMPpage[instance=doublefun]
> > draw function(1,"x","jone(x)",epsed(0),epsed(10),1/10) scaled 1cm;
> > \stopMPpage
> > \stoptext
> >
> > /Mikael
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