Definition:Complete Elliptic Integral of the First Kind/Definition 1

Special Function

 * $\ds \map K k = \int \limits_0^{\pi / 2} \frac {\d \phi} {\sqrt {1 - k^2 \sin^2 \phi} }$

is the complete elliptic integral of the first kind, and is a function of $k$, defined on the interval $0 < k < 1$.

Also see

 * Equivalence of Definitions of Complete Elliptic Integral of the First Kind


 * Definition:Incomplete Elliptic Integral of the First Kind


 * Definition:Incomplete Elliptic Integral of the Second Kind
 * Definition:Complete Elliptic Integral of the Second Kind


 * Definition:Incomplete Elliptic Integral of the Third Kind
 * Definition:Complete Elliptic Integral of the Third Kind