The asymptotics of the Touchard polynomials: a uniform approximation

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Authors Richard B. Paris

Publication date 11 June 2016

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) Approximation by other special function classes (41A30) Asymptotic expansions of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34E05) Asymptotic representations in the complex plane (30E15)

Abstract: The asymptotic expansion of the Touchard polynomials $T_n(z)$ (also known as the exponential polynomials) for large $n$ and complex values of the variable $z$, where $|z|$ may be finite or allowed to be large like $O(n)$, has been recently considered in cite{P1}. When $z=-x$ is negative, it is found that there is a coalesence of two contributory saddle points when $n/x=1/e$. Here we determine the expansion when $n$ and $x$ satisfy this condition and also a uniform two-term approximation involving the Airy function in the neighbourhood of this value. Numerical results are given to illustrate the accuracy of the asymptotic approximations obtained.

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