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Past exam of the perturbation methods and applied complex variables course of the University of Oxford 2007 A 3 Solution by
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For fixed nonzero , expand the denominator geometrically:The effective expansion parameter is , so the expansion fails when . In the inner variable ,for fixed . Expanding the leading outer term toward gives at leading order; expanding the leading inner term for large and returning to gives . Thus the two one-term re-expansions match in . The next common contribution is when the corresponding next inner order is retained.
On , the relative denominator error is bounded by , henceIntegration by parts yieldsFor the last step split the remaining integral at one: , and replacing by one on that interval has a bounded error.
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