A Simple Explanation of the Stokes Phenomenon

DOI10.1137/1031090zbMath0679.34068OpenAlexW2072558518WikidataQ29541655 ScholiaQ29541655MaRDI QIDQ4728681

Richard E. Meyer

Publication date: 1989

Published in: SIAM Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/1031090

zbMATH Keywords

wavesStokes phenomenon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Singular perturbations, turning point theory, WKB methods for ordinary differential equations (34E20)

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