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Functions and CALL Routines

AIRY Function


Returns the value of the Airy function.
Category: Mathematical
Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples

Syntax

AIRY(x)


Arguments

x

specifies a numeric constant, variable, or expression.

Details

The AIRY function returns the value of the Airy function (Abramowitz and Stegun 1964; Amos, Daniel and Weston 1977) (See References). It is the solution of the differential equation

[equation]

with the conditions

[equation]

and

[equation]

Examples

SAS Statements Results 
x=airy(2.0);
 
0.0349241304
 
x=airy(-2.0);
 
0.2274074282

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