A uniform asymptotic expansion for the incomplete gamma functions revisited

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Authors Richard B. Paris

Publication date 2 November 2016

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Approximation by other special function classes (41A30) Asymptotic expansions of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34E05) Asymptotic representations in the complex plane (30E15) Incomplete beta and gamma functions (error functions, probability integral, Fresnel integrals) (33B20)

Abstract: A new uniform asymptotic expansion for the incomplete gamma function $Gamma(a,z)$ valid for large values of $z$ was given by the author in {it J. Comput. Appl. Math.} {�f 148} (2002) 323--339. This expansion contains a complementary error function of an argument measuring transition across the point $z=a$, with easily computable coefficients that do not involve a removable singularity in the neighbourhood of this point. In this note we correct a misprint in the listing of certain coefficients in this expansion and discuss in more detail the situation corresponding to $Gamma(a,a)$.

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