TITLE: Prove that $\frac{d}{dx}(xJ_\alpha(x)J_{\alpha+1}(x))=x(J_\alpha^2(x)-J_{\alpha+1}^2(x))$
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: Assume that $J_\alpha(x)$ is defined as below:   (Actually, It's one of the solutions of Bessel's ODE)
 $J_\alpha(x)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^n}{n! \Gamma(n+\alpha+1)}(\frac{x}{2})^{2n+\alpha}$   
Such that $\Gamma(x)=\int_0^{+\infty} t^{x-1} e^{-t}dt$.  
We know that (i) & (ii) hold.
(i) $\frac{d}{dx}(x^\alpha J_\alpha(x))=x^\alpha J_{\alpha-1}(x)$
(ii) $\frac{d}{dx}(x^{-\alpha} J_\alpha(x))=-x^{-\alpha}J_{\alpha+1}(x)$  
Question:  
Using (i) and (ii), Prove that:    

a) $J'_\alpha(x)=\frac{1}{2}(J_{\alpha-1}(x)-J_{\alpha+1}(x))$
  b) $\frac{2\alpha}{x}J_{\alpha}(x)=J_{\alpha-1}(x)+J_{\alpha+1}(x)$
  c) $\frac{d}{dx}(xJ_\alpha(x)J_{\alpha+1}(x))=x(J_\alpha^2(x)-J_{\alpha+1}^2(x))$  

My try: 
a)  First, I calculated the derivative of the LHS of (i) and then multiplied the whole equation by $x^{-\alpha}$. I did the same thing for (ii) and then multiplied it by $x^\alpha$. The summation of these two equations gives the desired result.  
b) I solved it similar to a, with a tiny difference. (Multiplying by $-x^\alpha) $  
I'm stuck on proving (c). I wrote a lot but it didn't work out...  
Any idea?

REPLY [3 votes]: Here is an easy method using only the two identities you are given at the start of the question.

Notice that:
$$\color{red}{x^{\alpha+1}J_{\alpha+1}(x)}\cdot \color{blue}{x^{-\alpha} J_\alpha(x)}=xJ_{\alpha}(x)J_{\alpha+1}(x)$$
Therefore, we can apply the product rule with $u=x^{\alpha+1}J_{\alpha+1}(x)$ and $v=x^{-\alpha}J_{\alpha}(x)$:
$$\begin{align}(uv)'&=u'v+uv'\\&=(x^{\alpha+1}J_{\alpha+1}(x))'\cdot x^{-\alpha}J_{\alpha}(x)+x^{\alpha+1}J_{\alpha+1}(x)\cdot (x^{-\alpha}J_{\alpha}(x))'  \end{align}$$
Substituting (i) and (ii) and simplifying gives the required identity:
$$x^{\alpha+1}J_{\alpha}(x)\cdot x^{-\alpha}J_{\alpha}(x)+x^{\alpha+1}J_{\alpha+1}(x)\cdot -x^{-\alpha}J_{\alpha+1}(x)=x(J_{\alpha}^2(x)-J_{\alpha+1}^2(x))$$