Asymptotic expansions / by E.T. Copson.

Certain functions, capable of expansion only as a divergent series, may nevertheless be calculated with great accuracy by taking the sum of a suitable number of terms. The theory of such asymptotic expansions is of great importance in many branches of pure and applied mathematics and in theoretical...

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Uniform Title:Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 55.
Main Author: Copson, E. T. (Edward Thomas), 1901-1980 (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1965.
Series:Cambridge tracts in mathematics ; 55.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (120 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Format: Electronic eBook

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Preliminaries -- Integration by parts -- The method of stationary phase -- The method of Laplace -- Watson's lemma -- The method of steepest descents -- The saddle-point method -- Airy's integral -- Uniform asymptotic expansions. 
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