Asymptotically uniform functions: a single hypothesis which solves two old problems

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Authors Jean-Pierre Gabriel, Jean-Paul Berrut

Publication date 25 January 2023

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary functions (26A09) Rate of growth of functions, orders of infinity, slowly varying functions (26A12) Theoretical approximation of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34A45)

Abstract: The asymptotic study of a time-dependent function $f$ as the solution of a differential equation often leads to the question of whether its derivative $dotf$ vanishes at infinity. We show that a necessary and sufficient condition for this is that $dotf$ is what may be called "asymptotically uniform". We generalize the result to higher order derivatives. We further show that the same property for $f$ itself is also necessary and sufficient for its one-sided improper integrals to exist. On the way, the article provides a broad study of such asymptotically uniform functions.

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