Exactification of the asymptotics for Bessel and Hankel functions. (Q1855898)

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.