The origin of the method of steepest descent

DOI10.1006/HMAT.1996.2146zbMATH Open0894.01006OpenAlexW1998271442MaRDI QIDQ1379992FDOQ1379992

Authors: S. S. Petrova, A. D. Solov'ev 

Publication date: 25 August 1998

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1996.2146

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zbMATH Keywords

saddle-point methodasymptotic estimate of integralsP. A. Nekrasov

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of approximations and expansions (41-03)

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