Asymptotics of a Gauss hypergeometric function with large parameters, IV: A uniform expansion

arXiv1809.08794MaRDI QIDQ6307166FDOQ6307166

Richard B. Paris

Publication date: 24 September 2018

Abstract: We consider the uniform asymptotic expansion for the Gauss hypergeometric function [F(a+epsilonlambda,m;c+lambda;x),qquad lambda o+infty] for $x<1$ and positive integer $m$ when the parameter $epsilon>1$ and the constants $a$ and $c$ are supposed finite. When $m=1$, we employ the standard procedure of the method of steepest descents modified to deal with the situation when a saddle point is near a simple pole. It is shown that it is possible to give a closed-form expression for the coefficients in the resulting uniform expansion. The expansion when $mgeq2$ is obtained by means of a recurrence relation. Numerical results illustrating the accuracy of the resulting expansion are given.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical hypergeometric functions, ({}_2F_1) (33C05) Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Asymptotic expansions of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34E05)

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