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# numpy.i0

`numpy.``i0`(x)

  Modified Bessel function of the first kind, order 0.

  Usually denoted . This function does broadcast, but will not “up-cast” int dtype arguments unless accompanied by at least one float or complex dtype argument (see Raises below).

  Parameters: | x : array_like, dtype float or complex Argument of the Bessel function.
  Returns: | out : ndarray, shape = x.shape, dtype = x.dtype The modified Bessel function evaluated at each of the elements of x.
  Raises: | TypeError: array cannot be safely cast to required type If argument consists exclusively of int dtypes.

  See also

  `scipy.special.iv`, `scipy.special.ive`

  Notes

  We use the algorithm published by Clenshaw [R29] and referenced by Abramowitz and Stegun [R30], for which the function domain is partitioned into the two intervals [0,8] and (8,inf), and Chebyshev polynomial expansions are employed in each interval. Relative error on the domain [0,30] using IEEE arithmetic is documented [R31] as having a peak of 5.8e-16 with an rms of 1.4e-16 (n = 30000).

  References

  [R29] | (1, 2) C. W. Clenshaw, “Chebyshev series for mathematical functions”, in National Physical Laboratory Mathematical Tables, vol. 5, London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1962.

  [R30] | (1, 2) M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions, 10th printing, New York: Dover, 1964, pp. 379. http://www.math.sfu.ca/~cbm/aands/page_379.htm

  [R31] | (1, 2) http://kobesearch.cpan.org/htdocs/Math-Cephes/Math/Cephes.html

  Examples

      >>> np.i0([0.])
      array(1.0)
      >>> np.i0([0., 1. + 2j])
      array([ 1.00000000+0.j        ,  0.18785373+0.64616944j])