Uniform asymptotic expansions for the Whittaker functions M_{\kappa,\mu}(z) and W_{\kappa,\mu}(z) with \mu large

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2021.0360MaRDI QIDQ6366188zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors T. M. Dunster

Publication date 26 April 2021

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1098/RSPA.2021.0360

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Confluent hypergeometric functions, Whittaker functions, ({}_1F_1) (33C15) Asymptotic expansions of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34E05) Singular perturbations, turning point theory, WKB methods for ordinary differential equations (34E20) Singular perturbation problems for ordinary differential equations in the complex domain (complex WKB, turning points, steepest descent) (34M60)

Abstract: Uniform asymptotic expansions are derived for Whittaker's confluent hypergeometric functions $M_{kappa,mu}(z)$ and $W_{kappa,mu}(z)$, as well as the numerically satisfactory companion function $W_{-kappa,mu}(z{e}^{-pii})$. The expansions are uniformly valid for $muightarrowinfty$, $0leqkappa/muleq1-delta<1$, and for $0leqarg(z)leqpi$. By using appropriate connection and analytic continuation formulas these expansions can be extended to all unbounded nonzero complex $z$. The approximations come from recent asymptotic expansions involving elementary functions and Airy functions, and explicit error bounds are either provided or available.

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