Etymology

Bessel function

Today it means: Any of a class of functions that are solutions to a particular form of differential equation (a Bessel equation) and are typically used to describe waves in a cylindrically symmetric system. Full definition →

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The story

For Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician.

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