Ramanujan's approximation to the exponential function and generalizations

DOI10.1007/S11139-023-00769-3MaRDI QIDQ6060195zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Cormac O'Sullivan

Publication date 3 November 2023

Published in The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.08504

zbMATH Keywords

exponential functionexponential integralgamma functionsaddle-point method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic representations in the complex plane (30E15) Exponential and trigonometric functions (33B10)

Abstract: Ramanujan's approximation to the exponential function is reexamined with the help of Perron's saddle-point method. This allows for a wide generalization that includes the results of Buckholtz, and where all the asymptotic expansion coefficients may be given in closed form. Ramanujan's approximation to the exponential integral is treated similarly.

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