Paper 2, Section II, E

Asymptotic Methods
Part II, 2017

Consider the function

fν(x)12πCexp[ixsinz+iνz]dzf_{\nu}(x) \equiv \frac{1}{2 \pi} \int_{C} \exp [-i x \sin z+i \nu z] d z

where the contour CC is the boundary of the half-strip {z:π<Rez<π\{z:-\pi<\operatorname{Re} z<\pi and Imz>0}\operatorname{Im} z>0\}, taken anti-clockwise.

Use integration by parts and the method of stationary phase to:

(i) Obtain the leading term for fν(x)f_{\nu}(x) coming from the vertical lines z=±π+iy(0<z=\pm \pi+i y(0< y<+)y<+\infty) for large x>0x>0.

(ii) Show that the leading term in the asymptotic expansion of the function fν(x)f_{\nu}(x) for large positive xx is

2πxcos(x12νππ4)\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi x}} \cos \left(x-\frac{1}{2} \nu \pi-\frac{\pi}{4}\right)

and obtain an estimate for the remainder as O(xa)O\left(x^{-a}\right) for some aa to be determined.