- Book Chapter
- 10.1007/978-1-4612-1506-6_11
Asymptotic Expansions
- Jan 01, 1999
- Po-Fang Hsieh + 1 more +1
In §§V-1 and V-2, we defined formal solutions of a system of analytic differential equations. Formal solutions are not necessarily convergent. For example, as we mentioned it in Remark V-1-4, the divergent formal power series \(\hat{f} = \sum\limits_{{m = 0}}^{\infty } {{{{\left( { - 1} \right)}}^{m}}} \left( {m!} \right){{x}^{{m + 1}}}\) is a formal solution of \({{x}^{2}}\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} + y - x = 0\). This equation has an actual solution \(f\left( x \right) = {{e}^{{{{1} \left/ {x} \right.}}}}\int_{0}^{x} {{{t}^{{ - 1}}}{{e}^{{{{{ - 1}} \left/ {t} \right.}}}}} dt{\text{ for }}x > 0\) Integrating by parts,we obtain \(f = \sum\limits_{{m = 0}}^{N} {{{{\left( { - 1} \right)}}^{m}}\left( {m!} \right){{x}^{{m + 1}}} + {{{\left( { - 1} \right)}}^{{N + 1}}}\left( {\left( {N + 1} \right)!} \right){{e}^{{{{1} \left/ {x} \right.}}}}\int_{0}^{x} {{{t}^{N}}{{e}^{{{{{ - 1}} \left/ {t} \right.}}}}} dt}\) Since \(0 < {{e}^{{{{1} \left/ {x} \right.}}}}\int_{0}^{x} {{{t}^{N}}{{e}^{{{{{ - 1}} \left/ {t} \right.}}}}dt = {{x}^{{N + 2}}} - \left( {N + 2} \right){{e}^{{{{1} \left/ {x} \right.}}}}\int_{0}^{x} {{{t}^{{N + 1}}}{{e}^{{{{{ - 1}} \left/ {t} \right.}}}}dt < {{x}^{{N + 2}}}} }\) we conclude that \(\left| {f\left( x \right) - \sum\limits_{{m = 0}}^{N} {{{{\left( { - 1} \right)}}^{m}}\left( {m!} \right){{x}^{{m + 1}}}} } \right| < \left( {\left( {N + 1} \right)!} \right){{x}^{{N + 2}}}\) an asymptotic representation of an actual solution by means of a formal solution. In this chapter, we explain the asymptotic expansions of functions in the sense of Poincaré and in the sense of the Gevrey asymptotics. In the Poincaré asymptotics, flat functions are characterized by the condition \(\mathop{{\lim }}\limits_{{x \to 0}} \frac{{f\left( x \right)}}{{{{x}^{m}}}} = 0\), where c, k, and M are some positive numbers. Generally speaking, the Poincaré asymptotics is too general for the study of ordinary differential equations. A motivation of the Gevrey asymptotics is also given by the Maillet Theorem (cf. Theorem V-1-5). In §XI-1, we summarize the basic properties of asymptotic expansions of functions in the sense of Poincaré. The Gevrey asymptotics is explained in §§XI-2-XI-5.KeywordsLine SegmentPower SeriesAsymptotic ExpansionFormal SolutionFormal Power SeriesThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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