2.P. Problems to Chapter 2

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Problems to Chapter 2

  1. Problem 1
  2. Problem 2
  3. Problem 3
  4. Problem 4
  5. Problem 5
  6. Problem 6
  7. Problem 7
  8. Problem 8
  9. Problem 9
  10. Problem 9

Definition 1. $\Gamma$-function is defined as \begin{equation} \Gamma (z)= \int_0^\infty e^{-t}t^{z-1}\,dz \label{eq-2.P.1} \end{equation} as $\Re z>0$; it satisfies \begin{equation} \Gamma(z)=(z-1)\Gamma(z-1) \label{eq-2.P.2} \end{equation} and therefore could be extended to $\bC$ as a meromorphic function with poles at $0,-1,-2,\ldots$. Also as $z=1,2,\ldots$ $\Gamma(z)=(z-1)!$

Problem 1.

  1. Plugging $t=y^m/m$ calculate \begin{equation*} \int_0^\infty e^{-y^m/m} y^n\,dy \end{equation*} in terms of $\Gamma$-function.
  2. As $m =2,4,\ldots$ calculate \begin{equation*} \int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-y^m/m} y^n\,dy. \end{equation*}

Problem 2. As $\bR\ni z\to +\infty$ calculate

  1. First term in the asymptotics of $\Gamma(z+1)$ and thus justify Stirling formula
  2. Calculate the second term in this approximation.
  3. Justify these asymptotics by plugging $y=zt$.

Problem 3. Calculate first two terms in the asymptotics as $k\to +\infty$ of \begin{gather} \int_0^{\pi/3} e^{k\sin(x)}\,dx,\tag{3a}\\ \int_0^{\pi/2} e^{k\sin(x)}\,dx,\tag{3b}\\ \int_0^{\pi} e^{k\sin(x)}\,dx,\tag{3c}\\ \int_0^{2\pi} e^{k\sin(x)}\,dx,\tag{3d}\\ \int_0^{3\pi} e^{k\sin(x)}\,dx.\tag{3e} \end{gather}

Problem 4. Calculate the first term in the asymptotics as $k\to +\infty$ of \begin{equation} \iint_D e^{k\sin(x)\sin(y)}\,dxdy\tag{4} \end{equation} where

  1. $D=\{(x,y): 0 < x < \pi, 0 < y < \pi\}$,
  2. $D=\{(x,y): x^2+y^2 < 5\}$.

Problem 5. Calculate the first term in the asymptotics as $k\to +\infty$ of \begin{equation} \iint_D e^{k\sin(x)\sin(y)\cos(z)}\,dxdydz\tag{5} \end{equation} where

  1. $D=\{(x,y): 0 < x < \pi, 0 < y < \pi, -\pi/2 < z < \pi/2 \}$,
  2. $D=\{(x,y): x^2+y^2 +z^2< 5\}$.

Problem 6. Calculate first two terms in the asymptotics as $k\to +\infty$ of \begin{gather} \int_0^{\pi/3} e^{ik\sin(x)}\,dx,\tag{6a}\\ \int_0^{\pi/2} e^{ik\sin(x)}\,dx,\tag{6b}\\ \int_0^{\pi} e^{ik\sin(x)}\,dx,\tag{6c}\\ \int_0^{2\pi} e^{ik\sin(x)}\,dx,\tag{6d}\\ \int_0^{3\pi} e^{ik\sin(x)}\,dx.\tag{6e} \end{gather}

Problem 7. Calculate the first term in the asymptotics as $k\to +\infty$ of \begin{equation} \iint_D e^{k\sin(x)\sin(y)})\,dxdy\tag{7} \end{equation} where

  1. $D=\{(x,y): -\pi/3 < x < 4\pi/3, -\pi/3 < y < 4\pi/3\}$,
  2. $D=\{(x,y): x^2+y^2 < 10\}$.

Problem 8. Calculate the first term in the asymptotics as $k\to +\infty$ of \begin{equation} \iint_D e^{i k\sin(x)\sin(y)\sin(z)}\,dxdydz\tag{8} \end{equation} where

  1. $D=\{(x,y): -\pi/3 < x < 4\pi/3, -\pi/3 < y < 4\pi/3, -\pi/3 < z < 4\pi/3 \}$,
  2. $D=\{(x,y): x^2+y^2 +z^2< 10\}$.

Definition 2.

Airy function could be defined as \begin{equation*} \Ai(x):=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{i(t^3x+tx)}\,dt. \end{equation*}

Problem 9.

  1. Using stationary phase method calculate the first term in $\Ai(x)$ asymptotics as $x\to -\infty$.
  2. Approximately find zeroes of $\Ai(x)$ as $x<0$, $|x|\gg 1$ and estimate an error.
  3. Prove that $\Ai(x)=O(x^{-\infty})$ as $x\to +\infty$ (in fact it decays exponentially, but we will prove this later).

Problem 10. For Airy function using deformation of the contour $(-\infty,\infty)$ and the method of the steepest descent calculate main term in the asymptotics as $x\to +\infty$.


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