AiryAiPrime[z]
gives the derivative of the Airy function .


AiryAiPrime
AiryAiPrime[z]
gives the derivative of the Airy function .
Details

- Mathematical function, suitable for both symbolic and numerical manipulation.
- For certain special arguments, AiryAiPrime automatically evaluates to exact values.
- AiryAiPrime can be evaluated to arbitrary numerical precision.
- AiryAiPrime automatically threads over lists.
- AiryAiPrime can be used with Interval and CenteredInterval objects. »
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (5)
Plot over a subset of the reals:
Plot over a subset of the complexes:
Series expansion at the origin:
Series expansion at Infinity:
Scope (40)
Numerical Evaluation (5)
Evaluate numerically to high precision:
The precision of the output tracks the precision of the input:
Evaluate for complex arguments:
Evaluate AiryAiPrime efficiently at high precision:
Compute worst-case guaranteed intervals using Interval and CenteredInterval objects:
Or compute average-case statistical intervals using Around:
Compute the elementwise values of an array:
Or compute the matrix AiryBiPrime function using MatrixFunction:
Specific Values (3)
Simple exact values are generated automatically:
Find a zero of AiryAiPrime using Solve:
Visualization (3)
Plot the AiryAiPrime function:
A plot of the absolute value of AiryAiPrime over the complex plane:
Function Properties (9)
AiryAiPrime is defined for all real and complex values:
Function range of AiryAiPrime:
AiryAiPrime is an analytic function of x:
AiryAiPrime is neither non-increasing nor non-decreasing:
AiryAiPrime is not injective:
AiryAiPrime is surjective:
AiryAiPrime is neither non-negative nor non-positive:
AiryAiPrime has no singularities or discontinuities:
AiryAiPrime is neither convex nor concave:
Integration (3)
Series Expansions (4)
Taylor expansion for AiryAiPrime:
Plot the first three approximations for AiryAiPrime around :
General term in the series expansion of AiryAiPrime:
Find the series expansion at infinity:
The behavior at negative infinity is quite different:
AiryAiPrime can be applied to power series:
Integral Transforms (3)
Function Identities and Simplifications (3)
Simplify the expression to AiryAiPrime:
FunctionExpand tries to simplify the argument of AiryAiPrime:
Function Representations (4)
Relationship to Bessel functions:
AiryAiPrime can be represented as a DifferentialRoot:
AiryAiPrime can be represented in terms of MeijerG:
TraditionalForm formatting:
Applications (4)
Solve differential equations in terms of AiryAiPrime:
Solution of the time‐independent Schrödinger equation in a linear cone potential:
The normalizable states are determined through the zeros of AiryAiPrime:
An integral kernel related to the Gaussian unitary ensembles:
A convolution integral solving the modified linearized Korteweg–deVries equation for any function :
Properties & Relations (5)
Use FullSimplify to simplify Airy functions, here in the Wronskian of the Airy equation:
Compare with the output of Wronskian:
FunctionExpand tries to simplify the argument of AiryAiPrime:
Airy functions are generated as solutions by DSolve:
Obtain AiryAiPrime from sums:
AiryAiPrime appears in special cases of several mathematical functions:
Possible Issues (3)
Machine-precision input is insufficient to give a correct answer:
Use arbitrary-precision evaluation instead:
A larger setting for $MaxExtraPrecision can be needed:

Neat Examples (1)
Nested integrals of the square of AiryAiPrime:
See Also
Tech Notes
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History
Introduced in 1991 (2.0) | Updated in 2021 (13.0) ▪ 2022 (13.1)
Text
Wolfram Research (1991), AiryAiPrime, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AiryAiPrime.html (updated 2022).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1991. "AiryAiPrime." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2022. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AiryAiPrime.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1991). AiryAiPrime. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AiryAiPrime.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_airyaiprime, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AiryAiPrime}", year="2022", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AiryAiPrime.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_airyaiprime, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AiryAiPrime}, year={2022}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AiryAiPrime.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}