Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 ii Paper 4 31C c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
This is endpoint asymptotics after odd Gaussian cancellation. All interior algebraic terms cancel because is odd. Split the interval into and the remaining tail:The right-hand integral has its minimum phase at its left endpoint, with and nonzero amplitude . Endpoint Laplace method therefore giveThe answer is exponentially small, rather than zero; applying only the interior Gaussian approximation misses the asymmetric boundary tail.