Mathieu function: Difference between revisions

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where <math>\mu</math> is a complex number, the ''Mathieu exponent'', and P is a complex valued function which is ''periodic'' with period <math>2 \pi</math>. However, P is in general ''not'' sinusoidal.

[[Image:MatheiuFloquetMathieuFloquet.gif|frame|rightcenter|A Floquet solution F(1,0.2, x) to Mathieu's equation (real part, red; imaginary part, green).]]

==Mathieu sine and cosine==