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发表于 2004-1-8 12:03:00
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渐近理论
If we expand a function f(x) into a CONVERGING series by a perturbation method, say,
f(x) = f_0 + f_1 + f_2 + f_3 + f_4 + … + f_200 + f_201 + f_202 + … + f_n + …,
f_n will rapidly approach 0 as n approaches infinity (because it is a converging series). However, it will not help very much in practice if the major contributions to f(x) come from the middle terms, say, from f_200, f_201, and f_202, rather than from the first few terms, say, f_0 and f_1. The asymptotic expansion is a special perturbation method of the important property that the leading term is roughly correct and further terms are corrections of decreasing size.
A brief and concise textbook on both the asymptotic theory and other popular perturbation methods is:
Hinch, E. J., 1991: Perturbation Methods. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 160 pp.
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