(a) Find the curves of steepest descent emanating from t=0 for the integral
Jx(x)=2πi1∫Cex(sinht−t)dt
for x>0 and determine the angles at which they meet at t=0, and their asymptotes at infinity.
(b) An integral representation for the Bessel function Kν(x) for real x>0 is
Kν(x)=21∫−∞+∞eνh(t)dt,h(t)=t−(νx)cosht
Show that, as ν→+∞, with x fixed,
Kν(x)∼(2νπ)21(ex2ν)ν