Incomplete gamma functions for large values of their variables (Q2568106)

The authors derive simple asymptotic expansions of the incomplete gamma functions \(\Gamma(a,z)\) and \(\gamma(a,z)\) for large \(a\) and \(z\). They write \(\Gamma(a,z)\) or \(\gamma(a,z)\) as an exponential factor times another factor. This second factor is expanded at the asymptotically relevant point of the exponential factor (saddle point or end point). They require four different expansions to cover the region \((a,z)\in C\times (C-R^{-})\) depending on the value of \(a-z\). Three of them valid away from the transition point \(a=z\) in the regions (i) \(R(a)<0\), (ii) \(R(a)>-1\), \(R(a)>R(z)\) and (iii) \(R(a)>-1\), \(R(a)<R(z)\) correspondingly and the fourth one valids around the transition point \(a=z\).