"Bessel Functions for Spherical Cavity of Radius x=kR"

j[n_, x_] := Sqrt[Pi / 2 / x] BesselJ[n + 1 / 2, x]

Plot[Evaluate[Table[j[k, x], {k, 0, 2}]], {x, 0.001, 8}]
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2

-0.2

FullSimplify[PowerExpand[Table[j[k, x], {k, 0, 2}]]] // ColumnForm

Sin[x]
x
-x Cos[x]+Sin[x]
x2
3 x Cos[x]+-3+x2 Sin[x]

x3

Sin[x]

x
Cos[x]
x

, x
Sin[x]
x2

- x Cos[x] + Sin[x]

Sin[x]
x
D-

, x
x2
2 (- x Cos[x] + Sin[x])
x3

3 x Cos[x] + - 3 + x2 Sin[x]
x3

, x

3 Cos[x] + - 3 + x2 Cos[x] - x Sin[x]

-

3 3 x Cos[x] + - 3 + x2 Sin[x]
+

x3

x4

"The first root simplyfies to:"

"Tan[x]=x"
"Which wolfram alpha gives a list of values from looking at the plot I chose:"
"x=4.49"

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Frequency the Lowest modes for Spherical Cavity.nb

"Second Root"
Sin[x] 2 (- x Cos[x] + Sin[x])
FindRoot
, {x, 2}
x
x3
Second Root
{x 2.08158}
"Third Root"
FindRoot
3 Cos[x] + - 3 + x2 Cos[x] - x Sin[x]
-

x3

3 3 x Cos[x] + - 3 + x2 Sin[x]
+

Third Root
{x 3.34209}
"Therefore the three lowest modes are:"
"Having:" w = kc; x = kR
w1 = 4.49 c / R
w2 = 2.08 c / R
w3 = 3.34 c / R

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x4

, {x, 3.5}