Accession Number:

ADA193253

Title:

A Simple Explanation of the Stokes Phenomenon.

Descriptive Note:

Technical summary rept.,

Corporate Author:

WISCONSIN UNIV-MADISON CENTER FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Meyer, Richard E.

Report Date:

1987-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

The Stokes Phenomenon is known to be a pervasive feature of asymptotics, but its explanation in the literature is obscured by intricate and lengthy technicalities. This article presents a simpler approach to its understanding and treatment as a natural aspect of a well-motivated characterization of functions by approximants of different multivaluedness. Keywords Waves Special functions.

Descriptors:

• *SPECIAL FUNCTIONS(MATHEMATICAL)
• COEFFICIENTS
• WAVES
• ASYMPTOTIC NORMALITY
• LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Numerical Mathematics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE