Explain the method of stationary phase for determining the behaviour of the integral
I(x)=∫abdueixf(u)
for large x. Here, the function f(u) is real and differentiable, and a,b and x are all real.
Apply this method to show that the first term in the asymptotic behaviour of the function
Γ(m+1)=∫0∞duume−u
where m=in with n>0 and real, is
Γ(in+1)∼2πe−inexp[(in+21)(2iπ+logn)]
as n→∞