The asymptotic expansion of Kummer functions for large values of the a-parameter, and remarks on a paper by Olver

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2016.046zbMATH Open1339.33008arXiv1601.02263OpenAlexW2237744484MaRDI QIDQ288693FDOQ288693

Hans W. Volkmer

Publication date: 27 May 2016

Published in: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is shown that a known asymptotic expansion of the Kummer function $U(a,b,z)$ as $a$ tends to infinity is valid for $z$ on the full Riemann surface of the logarithm. A corresponding result is also proved in a more general setting considered by Olver (1956).

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zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic expansionsKummer functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Confluent hypergeometric functions, Whittaker functions, ({}_1F_1) (33C15) Incomplete beta and gamma functions (error functions, probability integral, Fresnel integrals) (33B20)

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