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Asymptotics and Special Functions (AKP Classics)

Asymptotics and Special Functions (AKP Classics)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Masterly and excellent
Review: What I enjoy about this book is its clear and complete exposition of the asymptotic theory of (mostly linear second-order) differential equations and special functions. The author has not just taken a chunk of material out of his research and redressed it as a monograph. There is a great deal of painstaking care evident in his definition of useful tools for error estimates and in the statement of highly useful and accurate asymptotic theorems. Although the result is necessarily much more detailed, even finicky, than a reader dipping in and out might want, I cannot think of a better reference for asymptotic theorems for linear ODEs, and special functions that solve them, than this one. One of the reasons for this is that the author gives very precise error estimates. Another reason is the concise and pithy exposition which is pitched just right for a mathematical reader (who is at least at the graduate student level). I recommend this book highly as a reference for very accurate, rigorous results in asymptotics, or to browse through as an example of masterly development of the subject of asymptotics.


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