Analytically Solving Bessel Functions for x Giving J_m(x)=0

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If we want to find x giving J_m(x)=0 where m=any constants, how can we analytically get x?

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I don't think you can do that analytically. (from memory)
 
I also use mathematica to solve but it doesn't help.
 
You'll have an infinite number of real roots.

For large x, you can use the asymptotic formula for J_n(x). If I remember right, the difference between successive roots will tend to \pi for large x.

Alternatively, you could look up tables which give the zeros for various Bessel functions in a mathematical handbook
 
There will be the analytic solution when we assume x -> infinity or x<<1. In the case of the first few values of x giving J_m(x)=0, we might have to use the table to be the last choice. Anyway, thanks mjsd and siddharth.
 
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