Mathematics – Classical Analysis and ODEs
Scientific paper
2005-11-03
Mathematics
Classical Analysis and ODEs
20 pages, LaTeX2e, 0 figures
Scientific paper
Asymptotic approximations ($n \to \infty$) to the truncation errors $r_n = - \sum_{\nu=0}^{\infty} a_{\nu}$ of infinite series $\sum_{\nu=0}^{\infty} a_{\nu}$ for special functions are constructed by solving a system of linear equations. The linear equations follow from an approximative solution of the inhomogeneous difference equation $\Delta r_n = a_{n+1}$. In the case of the remainder of the Dirichlet series for the Riemann zeta function, the linear equations can be solved in closed form, reproducing the corresponding Euler-Maclaurin formula. In the case of the other series considered -- the Gaussian hypergeometric series ${}_2 F_1 (a, b; c; z)$ and the divergent asymptotic inverse power series for the exponential integral $E_1 (z)$ -- the corresponding linear equations are solved symbolically with the help of Maple. The practical usefulness of the new formalism is demonstrated by some numerical examples.
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