Asymptotic approximations of integrals: an introduction, with recent developments and applications to orthogonal polynomials (Q2388696)

In this paper the authors discusses the concept of asymptotic expansion and its applications. It focuses the attention on special functions defined through integrals and considers their approximation by means of asymptotic expansions. It is a paper type survey. Introduction. Asymptotic theory of integrals, applications of Watson's Lemma. The saddle point method, summability methods, distributional methods. Asymptotic relations in the Askey scheme I. A simplified saddle point method. Applications to families of polynomials.