Regular variation
= Regular variation
{title2=$\mathrm{RV}_\rho$}
= Regularly varying function
{synonym}
A positive measurable function $q$ has <regular variation> at infinity with index $\rho$ if $q(tu)/q(t)\to u^\rho$ for every $u>0$. Equivalently, $q(t)=t^\rho\ell(t)$ with $\ell$ a <slowly varying function>.