title: Why does the "special.airy" function not return the value expected?
body: <p>Why does the &quot;special.airy&quot; function not return the value expected?</p>
  <pre><code>import numpy as np 
  from scipy import special 
  import math as mth 
  import scipy.special as ss 
  import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
  
  ai = special.airy(1.718609800270223*10**17) 
  print(ai)
  </code></pre>