3.II .30. 30

Asymptotic Methods
Part II, 2005

Explain, without proof, how to obtain an asymptotic expansion, as xx \rightarrow \infty, of

I(x)=0extf(t)dtI(x)=\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-x t} f(t) d t

if it is known that f(t)f(t) possesses an asymptotic power series as t0t \rightarrow 0.

Indicate the modification required to obtain an asymptotic expansion, under suitable conditions, of

ext2f(t)dt\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-x t^{2}} f(t) d t

Find an asymptotic expansion as zz \rightarrow \infty of the function defined by

I(z)=et2(zt)dt(Im(z)<0)I(z)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-t^{2}}}{(z-t)} d t \quad(\operatorname{Im}(z)<0)

and its analytic continuation to Im(z)0\operatorname{Im}(z) \geqslant 0. Where are the Stokes lines, that is, the critical lines separating the Stokes regions?