Uniform asymptotic expansions for the zeros of parabolic cylinder functions

The real and complex zeros of the parabolic cylinder function U (a,z) are studied. Asymptotic expansions for the zeros are derived, involving the zeros of Airy functions, and these are valid for a positive or negative and large in absolute value, uniformly for unbounded z (real or complex). The accu...

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Autores: Dunster, T. M., Gil Gómez, Amparo|||0000-0002-7449-4205, Ruiz Antolín, Diego|||0000-0001-8011-6529, Segura Sala, José Javier|||0000-0002-0841-5636
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/35871
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/35871
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Parabolic cylinder functions
Hermite polynomials
Zeros
Turning point theory
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Sumario:The real and complex zeros of the parabolic cylinder function U (a,z) are studied. Asymptotic expansions for the zeros are derived, involving the zeros of Airy functions, and these are valid for a positive or negative and large in absolute value, uniformly for unbounded z (real or complex). The accuracy of the approximations of the complex zeros is then demonstrated with some comparative tests using a highly precise numerical algorithm for finding the complex zeros of the function.