Reducing Bessel Function Integral

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The discussion focuses on the integration of Bessel functions, specifically the integral of the product of \(x^2\) and \(J_0(x)\). The user initially attempted integration by parts using incorrect identities but later corrected them to the useful identities: \(\frac{d}{dx}(x^pJ_p(x)) = x^pJ_{p-1}(x)\) and \(\frac{d}{dx}(x^{-p}J_p(x)) = -x^{-p}J_{p+1}(x)\). The correct approach leads to the solution: \(\int x^2J_0 dx = x^2J_1 + xJ_0 - \int J_0 dx + C\), as confirmed by the book "Elementary DE" by Edwards and Penney.

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Homework Statement
Any integral of the form ##\int x^m J_n(x) dx## can be evaluated in terms of Bessel functions and the indefinite integral ##\int J_0(x)dx,## which cannot be simplified further. Use the identities ##J_p'(x) = J_{p-1}(x) - \dfrac{p}{x}J_p(x)## and ##J_p'(x) = \dfrac{p}{x} J_p(x) - J_{p+1}(x)## to evaluate ##\int x^2J_0(x)dx.##
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Should be able to do it with just the two properties listed in the problem.
I tried integration by parts with both ##u = x^2, dv = J_0 dx## and ##u = J_0, du = -J_1 dx, dv = x^2 dx.## But neither gets me in a very good place at all. With the first, I begin to get integrals within integrals, and with the second my powers of ##x## in the integral would keep growing instead of getting smaller.

The book's answer is ##x^2J_1(x) + xJ_1(x) - \int J_0(x)dx + C.## (BTW the book is Elementary DE by Edwards and Penney)

How do I get to that? I appreciate any help!
 
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Sorry - I have solved it.

I gave the wrong identities - these are more directly useful: ##\dfrac{d}{dx}\left(x^pJ_p(x)\right) = x^pJ_{p-1}(x)## and ##\dfrac{d}{dx}\left(x^{-p}J_p(x)\right) = -x^{-p}J_{p+1}(x).## (Although, the identities I gave are attained simply by carrying out the differentiations here!)

With ##p=1,## we have
$$\dfrac{d}{dx}(xJ_1) = xJ_0\implies \int xJ_0 dx = xJ_1.$$
Then the integration by parts is better carried out with ##u=x, du=dx, dv=xJ_0dx, v=xJ_1##:
$$\int x^2J_0 dx = x^2J_1 - \int xJ_1dx.$$
Then with ##p=0,## we have
$$\dfrac{d}{dx}J_0 = -J_1\implies \int J_1dx = -J_0.$$
Integration by parts again: ##u=x, du=dx, dv=J_1dx, v=-J_0##:
$$\int x^2J_0dx = x^2J_1 + xJ_0 - \int J_0 dx,$$
as desired.
(Sorry that was a typo in the original post.)
 

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