What is meant by the asymptotic relation
f(z)∼g(z) as z→z0,Arg(z−z0)∈(θ0,θ1)?
Show that
sinh(z−1)∼21exp(z−1) as z→0,Argz∈(−π/2,π/2),
and find the corresponding result in the sector Argz∈(π/2,3π/2).
What is meant by the asymptotic expansion
f(z)∼j=0∑∞cj(z−z0)j as z→z0,Arg(z−z0)∈(θ0,θ1)?
Show that the coefficients {cj}j=0∞ are determined uniquely by f. Show that if f is analytic at z0, then its Taylor series is an asymptotic expansion for f as z→z0( for any Arg(z−z0)).
Show that
u(x,t)=∫−∞∞exp(−ik2t+ikx)f(k)dk
defines a solution of the equation i∂tu+∂x2u=0 for any smooth and rapidly decreasing function f. Use the method of stationary phase to calculate the leading-order behaviour of u(λt,t) as t→+∞, for fixed λ.