function bi (x)
c july 1977 edition.  w. fullerton, c3, los alamos scientific lab.
      dimension bifcs(9), bigcs(8), bif2cs(10), big2cs(10)
      external alog, bie, csevl, exp, inits, r1mach, sin, sqrt
c
c series for bif        on the interval -1.00000d+00 to  1.00000d+00
c                                        with weighted error   1.88e-19
c                                         log weighted error  18.72
c                               significant figures required  17.74
c                                    decimal places required  19.20
c
      data bif cs( 1) /   -.0167302164 7198664948e0 /
      data bif cs( 2) /    .1025233583 424944561e0 /
      data bif cs( 3) /    .0017083092 5073815165e0 /
      data bif cs( 4) /    .0000118625 4546774468e0 /
      data bif cs( 5) /    .0000000449 3290701779e0 /
      data bif cs( 6) /    .0000000001 0698207143e0 /
      data bif cs( 7) /    .0000000000 0017480643e0 /
      data bif cs( 8) /    .0000000000 0000020810e0 /
      data bif cs( 9) /    .0000000000 0000000018e0 /
c
c series for big        on the interval -1.00000d+00 to  1.00000d+00
c                                        with weighted error   2.61e-17
c                                         log weighted error  16.58
c                               significant figures required  15.17
c                                    decimal places required  17.03
c
      data big cs( 1) /    .0224662232 4857452e0 /
      data big cs( 2) /    .0373647754 5301955e0 /
      data big cs( 3) /    .0004447621 8957212e0 /
      data big cs( 4) /    .0000024708 0756363e0 /
      data big cs( 5) /    .0000000079 1913533e0 /
      data big cs( 6) /    .0000000000 1649807e0 /
      data big cs( 7) /    .0000000000 0002411e0 /
      data big cs( 8) /    .0000000000 0000002e0 /
c
c series for bif2       on the interval  1.00000d+00 to  8.00000d+00
c                                        with weighted error   1.11e-17
c                                         log weighted error  16.95
c                        approx significant figures required  16.5
c                                    decimal places required  17.45
c
      data bif2cs( 1) /   0.0998457269 3816041e0 /
      data bif2cs( 2) /    .4786249778 63005538e0 /
      data bif2cs( 3) /    .0251552119 604330118e0 /
      data bif2cs( 4) /    .0005820693 885232645e0 /
      data bif2cs( 5) /    .0000074997 659644377e0 /
      data bif2cs( 6) /    .0000000613 460287034e0 /
      data bif2cs( 7) /    .0000000003 462753885e0 /
      data bif2cs( 8) /    .0000000000 014288910e0 /
      data bif2cs( 9) /    .0000000000 000044962e0 /
      data bif2cs(10) /    .0000000000 000000111e0 /
c
c series for big2       on the interval  1.00000d+00 to  8.00000d+00
c                                        with weighted error   1.19e-18
c                                         log weighted error  17.92
c                        approx significant figures required  17.2
c                                    decimal places required  18.42
c
      data big2cs( 1) /    .0333056621 45514340e0 /
      data big2cs( 2) /    .1613092151 23197068e0 /
      data big2cs( 3) /    .0063190073 096134286e0 /
      data big2cs( 4) /    .0001187904 568162517e0 /
      data big2cs( 5) /    .0000013045 345886200e0 /
      data big2cs( 6) /    .0000000093 741259955e0 /
      data big2cs( 7) /    .0000000000 474580188e0 /
      data big2cs( 8) /    .0000000000 001783107e0 /
      data big2cs( 9) /    .0000000000 000005167e0 /
      data big2cs(10) /    .0000000000 000000011e0 /
c
      data nbif, nbig, nbif2, nbig2, x3sml, xmax / 4*0, 2*0.0 /
c
      if (nbif.ne.0) go to 10
      eta = 0.1*r1mach(3)
      nbif  = inits (bifcs , 9, eta)
      nbig  = inits (bigcs , 8, eta)
      nbif2 = inits (bif2cs, 10, eta)
      nbig2 = inits (big2cs, 10, eta)
c
      x3sml = eta**0.3333
      xmax = (1.5*alog(r1mach(2)))**0.6666
c
 10   if (x.ge.(-1.0)) go to 20
      call r9aimp (x, xm, theta)
      bi = xm * sin(theta)
      return
c
 20   if (x.gt.1.0) go to 30
      z = 0.0
      if (abs(x).gt.x3sml) z = x**3
      bi = 0.625 + csevl (z, bifcs, nbif) + x*(0.4375 +
     1  csevl (z, bigcs, nbig))
      return
c
 30   if (x.gt.2.0) go to 40
      z = (2.0*x**3 - 9.0) / 7.0
      bi = 1.125 + csevl (z, bif2cs, nbif2) + x*(0.625 +
     1  csevl (z, big2cs, nbig2))
      return
c
 40   if (x.gt.xmax) call seteru (
     1  34hbi      x so big that bi overflows, 34, 1, 2)
c
      bi = bie(x) * exp(2.0*x*sqrt(x)/3.0)
      return
c
      end