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EllipticK

Usage

EllipticK[m] gives the complete elliptic integral of the first kind  .


Notes

• Mathematical function (see Section A.3.10).
EllipticK is given in terms of the incomplete elliptic integral of the first kind by  .
• See Section 3.2.12 for a discussion of argument conventions for elliptic integrals.
EllipticK[m] has a branch cut discontinuity in the complex m plane running from  to  .
• See also: JacobiZeta, EllipticNomeQ.
• New in Version 1.


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