Exponentially small expansions in the asymptotics of the Wright function (Q964969)

The author considers the generalized hypergeometric function, or Wright function, defined by \[ _{p} \Psi_q(z)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} g(n)\frac{z^n}{n!}, \qquad g(n)=\frac{\prod_{r=1}^p\Gamma(\alpha_rn+a_r)}{\prod_{r=1}^q\Gamma(\beta_rn+b_r)}, \] where \(p\) and \(q\) are nonnegative integers, the parameters \(\alpha_r\) and \(\beta_r\) are real and positive, and \(a_r\) and \(b_r\) are arbitrary complex numbers such that \[ \alpha_rn+a_r\neq 0, -1, -2, \dots \quad (n=0,1,2, \dots;\;1\leq r\leq p). \] If it is supposed that \[ 1+\sum_{r=1}^q\beta_r-\sum_{r=1}^p\alpha_r>0 \] then \(_{p} \Psi_q(z)\) is uniformly and absolutely convergent for all finite \(z\). The author first presents a summary of the standard results concerning the asymptotics of \(_{p} \Psi_q(z)\) for large \(|z|\). Then the author investigates exponentially small contributions present in the asymptotic expansion of \(_{p} \Psi_q(z)\) for \(|z|\to\infty\). Such terms are of particular significance when the parameters of \(_{p} \Psi_q(z)\) are such that there is a sector enclosing the negative real axis in which the dominant asymptotic behavior of \(_{p} \Psi_q(z)\) is either exponentially small or involves a finite algebraic expansion. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the presence of these exponentially small contributions. An algorithm for the computation of the coefficients appearing in the exponential expansions of \(_{p} \Psi_q(z)\) is given in an appendix.