Modified Bessel function asymptotics via probability (Q579732)

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    Let the modified Bessel function be defined by \[ I_{\rho}(x)=\sum^{\infty}_{k=0}\frac{1}{k!}\frac{1}{\Gamma (k+\rho +1)}(x/2)^{2k+\rho}\quad for\quad \rho \geq -1\quad and\quad -\infty <x<\infty. \] The author considers the asymptotic behaviour of \(I_{\rho}(x)\) as x and \(\rho\) both go to infinity. For instance, he shows that for a(x)/\(\sqrt{x}\to \alpha\), \(0\leq \alpha <\infty\), \[ I_{a(x)}(x)\sqrt{x}e^{-x}\quad \to \quad \sqrt{2\pi}^{-1} \exp (- \alpha^ 2/2),\quad x\to \infty. \] For the proofs the author uses local and global versions of the central limit theorem.
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    modified Bessel function
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    asymptotic behaviour
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    central limit theorem
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