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We have studied the asymptotics of two special two-matrix hypergeometric functions. The validity of the asymptotic expressions for these functions is seen in several selected numerical comparisons between the exact and asymptotic results. These hypergeometric functions find applications in configuration statistics of macromolecules as well as multivariate statistics.
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This work was supported by grant DE-FG06-84ER45123 from the Department of Energy, U.S.A.
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Wei, G., Eichinger, B.E. Asymptotic expansions of some matrix argument hypergeometric functions, with applications to macromolecules. Ann Inst Stat Math 45, 467–475 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00773349
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