Exactification of the asymptotics for Bessel and Hankel functions. (Q1855898): Difference between revisions

Divergent series were first studied by L. Euler, who could calculate the Riemann zeta function \(\zeta(s)\) outside its convergence region. In chapter 2 the author uses a formula for an asymptotic expansion for a general hypergeometric series [\textit{Y. L. Luke}, The special functions and their approximations. I (1969; Zbl 0193.01701), p. 198] to give a complete asymptotic expansion for Bessel functions. The formula (3), p. 489 is a divergent series containing \(\Gamma\) and \(\zeta\) functions, which gives an asymptotic expansion for Bessel functions. Mellin-Barnes regularization is based on the application of Cauchy's residue theorem to the general complex power series \(\sum^\infty_{k=N}f(k)(-z)^k\). In chapter 3 the author computes divergent series from the asymptotic expansions of Bessel functions as Mellin-Barnes integrals. An alternative way to do these computations could be to use the \(q\)-calculus approach [\textit{M. Kaneko}, \textit{N. Kurokawa} and \textit{M. Wakayama}, A variation of Euler's approach to values of the Riemann zeta function. Kyushu J. Math. 57, No. 1, 175--192 (2003; Zbl 1067.11053)], where a branching singularity for the corresponding function is replaced by an infinite number of poles. A recent reference [\textit{F. Mainardi} and \textit{G. Pagnini}, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 153, No. 1--2, 331--342 (2003; Zbl 1050.33018)] is added about the history of Mellin-Barnes integrals, dating back from the works of Riemann and Pincherle.