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The document contains 3 problems involving finding asymptotic expansions of integrals as a parameter approaches infinity. The first problem asks to find the first term of an integral of x sin^4 t as x approaches infinity. The second asks to find the first three terms of an integral of x sin^2 t as x approaches infinity, using Watson's Lemma. The third asks to find the asymptotic behavior of a Bessel function integral as the order approaches infinity.

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Assignment 2

The document contains 3 problems involving finding asymptotic expansions of integrals as a parameter approaches infinity. The first problem asks to find the first term of an integral of x sin^4 t as x approaches infinity. The second asks to find the first three terms of an integral of x sin^2 t as x approaches infinity, using Watson's Lemma. The third asks to find the asymptotic behavior of a Bessel function integral as the order approaches infinity.

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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS

Advanced Methods of Applied Mathematics ASSIGNMENT 2

1. Find the first term in the asymptotic expansion of the integral


Z 1
x sin4 t
e dt
1

as x ! 1.

2. Consider the asymptotic expansion as x ! 1 of the integral


Z ⇡/2
x sin2 t
I(x) = e dt.
0

(a) Show that the first term in the asymptotic expansion of this integral is
p
⇡
I⇠ p .
2 x

(b) Now use Watson’s Lemma to find the first three terms in the asymptotic expansion
of I(x) as x ! 1.

3. An integral expression for the Bessel function of the first kind of order ⌫ is
Z
1 ⌫(t sech ↵ sinh t)
J⌫ (⌫ sech ↵) = e dt, ↵ > 0.
2⇡i C

The contour C is shown below. Show that as ⌫ ! 1


e ⌫(↵ tanh ↵)
J⌫ (⌫ sech ↵) ⇠ p .
2⇡⌫ tanh ↵
This asymptotic result is the large order, large argument expansion of the Bessel func-
tion.

πi

−π i

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