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XXI—The Evaluation of a Definite Integral Which Occurs in Asymptotic Partition Theory*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

M. M. Robertson
M. M. Robertson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Aberdeen.
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Synopsis

In order to estimate the number of partitions of a multi-partite number, the components of which are all large and of approximately the same order of magnitude, it is necessary to evaluate for ℛ(z1) > o(l=1, 2, …,j — 1) the integral

where

for o < u < 2π min (1, |z1|−1, …, |zj−1|−1) and Asymptotic expansions are obtained for I when the z1 are small. Simple expressions give an approximate value of I when every zl is real and exact formulæ are derived when every Zl is real and rational.

Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , 1961 , pp. 283 - 309
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1961

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