Asymptotic expansions for the incomplete gamma function in the transition regions

Nemes, Gergő; Olde Daalhuis, Adri

doi:10.1090/mcom/3391

Asymptotic expansions for the incomplete gamma function in the transition regions
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Abstract:

We construct asymptotic expansions for the normalised incomplete gamma function $Q(a,z)=\Gamma (a,z)/\Gamma (a)$ that are valid in the transition regions, including the case $z\approx a$, and have simple polynomial coefficients. For Bessel functions, these types of expansions are well known, but for the normalised incomplete gamma function they were missing from the literature. A detailed historical overview is included. We also derive an asymptotic expansion for the corresponding inverse problem, which has importance in probability theory and mathematical statistics. The coefficients in this expansion are again simple polynomials, and therefore its implementation is straightforward. As a byproduct, we give the first complete asymptotic expansion as $a\to -\infty$ of the unique negative zero of the regularised incomplete gamma function $\gamma ^*(a,x)$.

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