Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 74 1 b iii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
The Bessel turning-point asymptotic comes from a cubic stationary endpoint, not an ordinary quadratic stationary point. Near ,Thus the contributing width is . On writing , the leading integral isThe oscillatory integral is understood with a vanishing damping factor. Substitution and the Gamma function Fourier integral giveThereforeThe equality uses the Gamma reflection formula. Contributions away from the degenerate endpoint are smaller. The scale explains why the preceding formula cannot be extended directly to zero angle.