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Lamé Function
Lamé Function
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Asymptotic expansions[edit]
Asymptotic expansions of periodic ellipsoidal wave functions, and
therewith also of Lamé functions, for large values of have been
obtained by Müller.[3][4][5] The asymptotic expansion obtained by him for
the eigenvalues is, with approximately an odd integer (and to be
determined more precisely by boundary conditions – see below),
(another (fifth) term not given here has been calculated by Müller,
the first three terms have also been obtained by Ince [6]). Observe
terms are alternately even and odd in and (as in the
corresponding calculations for Mathieu functions, and oblate
spheroidal wave functions and prolate spheroidal wave functions).
With the following boundary conditions (in which is the quarter
period given by a complete elliptic integral)
as well as (the prime meaning derivative)
defining respectively the ellipsoidal wave functions
of periods and for one obtains
Here the upper sign refers to the solutions and the
lower to the solutions . Finally expanding about one
obtains
In the limit of the Mathieu equation (to which the
Lamé equation can be reduced) these
expressions reduce to the corresponding
expressions of the Mathieu case (as shown by
Müller).
Notes[edit]
1. ^ H. J. W. Müller-Kirsten, Introduction to
Quantum Mechanics: Schrödinger Equation
and Path Integral, 2nd ed. World Scientific,
2012, ISBN 978-981-4397-73-5
2. ^ Liang, Jiu-Qing; Müller-Kirsten, H.J.W.;
Tchrakian, D.H. (1992). "Solitons, bounces
and sphalerons on a circle". Physics Letters
B. Elsevier BV. 282 (1–2): 105–
110. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(92)90486-n. I
SSN 0370-2693.
3. ^ W. Müller, Harald J. (1966). "Asymptotic
Expansions of Ellipsoidal Wave Functions
and their Characteristic
Numbers". Mathematische Nachrichten (in
German). Wiley. 31 (1–2): 89–
101. doi:10.1002/mana.19660310108. ISS
N 0025-584X.
4. ^ Müller, Harald J. W. (1966). "Asymptotic
Expansions of Ellipsoidal Wave Functions in
Terms of Hermite
Functions". Mathematische Nachrichten (in
German). Wiley. 32 (1–2): 49–
62. doi:10.1002/mana.19660320106. ISSN
0025-584X.
5. ^ Müller, Harald J. W. (1966). "On
Asymptotic Expansions of Ellipsoidal Wave
Functions". Mathematische Nachrichten (in
German). Wiley. 32 (3–4): 157–
172. doi:10.1002/mana.19660320305. ISS
N 0025-584X.
6. ^ Ince, E. L. (1940). "VII—Further
Investigations into the Periodic Lamé
Functions". Proceedings of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh. Cambridge University
Press (CUP). 60 (1): 83–
99. doi:10.1017/s0370164600020071. ISS
N 0370-1646.