scholarly journals On the asymptotic expansion of Airy's Integral

1963 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. T. Copson

The integral functionis known as Airy's Integral since, when z is real, it is equal to the integralwhich first arose in Airy's researches on optics. It is readily seen that w= Ai(z) satisfies the differential equation d2w/dz2 = zw, an equation which also has solutions Ai(ωz), Ai(ω2z), where ω is the complex cube root of unity, exp 2/3πi. The three solutions are connected by the relation.

1986 ◽  
Vol 102 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 253-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Harris

SynopsisIn an earlier paper [6] we showed that if q ϵ CN[0, ε) for some ε > 0, then the Titchmarsh–Weyl m(λ) function associated with the second order linear differential equationhas the asymptotic expansionas |A| →∞ in a sector of the form 0 < δ < arg λ < π – δ.We show that if the real valued function q admits the expansionin a neighbourhood of 0, then


1981 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-166
Author(s):  
Richard C. Gilbert

Consider an nth-order linear ordinary differential equationSuppose the αj(x) are holomorphic for x ∈ S, 0 < x0 ≤ |x| < ∞, where S is an open sector of the complex plane with vertex at the origin and positive central angle not exceeding π. Suppose as x → ∞ in each closed subsector of S. The problem of finding a basis for the solutions of (1) can be reduced by a sequence of transformations (see, for example, Gilbert (1)) to the problem of finding a fundamental matrix for a system of the formwhere q is a non-negative integer, A(x) is an m by m matrix which is holomorphic for x ∈ S, x0 < ≤ |x| < ∞, and as x → ∞ in each closed subsector of S. If m ≥ 2, A0 is an m by m matrix with elements all zero except for l's on the upper off-diagonal, and the elements of Ar for r ≥ 1 are all zero except possibly in the last row. (There is one such problem (2) for each root, μ of the equation with multiplicity m ≥ 2. Recall that the coefficient αn−r, 0 the first term in the asymptotic expansion of the coefficint αn−r(x) of equation (1).) We denote the elements of the last row of Ar by 1 ≤ k ≤ m. The system (2) has an irregular singular point at infinity.


1985 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 165-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Patterson

Let ω be a primitive cube root of unity. We define the cubic residue symbol (Legendre symbol) on ℤ[ω] as follows. Let πεℤ[ω] be a prime, (3, π)=1. For α ε ℤ[ω] such that (α, π)=1 we let be that third root of unity so that


1986 ◽  
Vol 102 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Harris

SynopsisWe derive an asymptotic expansion for the Titchmarsh–Weyl m-function associated with the second order linear differential equationin the case where the only restriction on the real-valued function q is


1960 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Thorne

AbstractUniform asymptotic formulae are obtained for solutions of the differential equation for large positive values of the parameter u. Here p is a positive integer, θ an arbitrary parameter and z a complex variable whose domain of variation may be unbounded. The function ƒ (u, θ, z) is a regular function of ζ having an asymptotic expansion of the form for large u.The results obtained include and extend those of earlier writers which are applicable to this equation.


2008 ◽  
Vol 144 (4) ◽  
pp. 867-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Pulita

AbstractWe develop the theory of p-adic confluence of q-difference equations. The main result is the fact that, in the p-adic framework, a function is a (Taylor) solution of a differential equation if and only if it is a solution of a q-difference equation. This fact implies an equivalence, called confluence, between the category of differential equations and those of q-difference equations. We develop this theory by introducing a category of sheaves on the disk D−(1,1), for which the stalk at 1 is a differential equation, the stalk at q isa q-difference equation if q is not a root of unity, and the stalk at a root of unity ξ is a mixed object, formed by a differential equation and an action of σξ.


1968 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 439-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Naylor ◽  
S. C. R. Dennis

Sears and Titchmarsh (1) have formulated an expansion in eigenfunctions which requires a knowledge of the s-zeros of the equationHere ka > 0 is supposed given and β is a real constant such that 0 ≤ β < π. The above equation is encountered when one seeks the eigenfunctions of the differential equationon the interval 0 < α ≤ r < ∞ subject to the condition of vanishing at r = α. Solutions of (2) are the Bessel functions J±is(kr) and every solution w of (2) is such that r−½w(r) belongs to L2 (α, ∞). Since the problem is of the limit circle type at infinity it is necessary to prescribe a suitable asymptotic condition there to make the eigenfunctions determinate. In the present instance this condition is


1964 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Butcher

An (explicit) Runge-Kutta process is a means of numerically solving the differential equation , at the point x = x0+h, where y, f may be vectors.


Author(s):  
J. R. Philip

AbstractWe study the equationHere s is not necessarily integral; m is initially unrestricted. Material-conserving instantaneous source solutions of A are reviewed as an entrée to material-losing solutions. Simple physical arguments show that solutions for a finite slug losing material at infinity at a finite nonzero rate can exist only for the following m-ranges: 0 < s < 2, −2s−1 < m ≤ −1; s > 2, −1 < m < −2s−1. The result for s = 1 was known previously. The case s = 2, m = −1, needs further investigation. Three different similarity schemes all lead to the same ordinary differential equation. For 0 < s < 2, parameter γ (0 < γ < ∞) in that equation discriminates between the three classes of solution: class 1 gives the concentration scale decreasing as a negative power of (1 + t/T); 2 gives exponential decrease; and 3 gives decrease as a positive power of (1 − t/T), the solution vanishing at t = T < ∞. Solutions for s = 1, are presented graphically. The variation of concentration and flux profiles with increasing γ is physically explicable in terms of increasing flux at infinity. An indefinitely large number of exact solutions are found for s = 1,γ = 1. These demonstrate the systematic variation of solution properties as m decreases from −1 toward −2 at fixed γ.


1963 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Butcher

Huta [1], [2] has given two processes for solving a first order differential equation to sixth order accuracy. His methods are each eight stage Runge-Kutta processes and differ mainly in that the later process has simpler coefficients occurring in it.


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