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A repeated transformation in the asymptotic solution of linear differential systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

M. S. P. Eastham
Affiliation:
King's College (University of London), Strand, London WC2 2LS

Synopsis

A sequence of transformations of the type Y = (I + o(1))Z is developed for the system Y′(x) = {Λ(x) + R(x)}Y(x), where Λ is diagonal. The transformations bring in the derivatives of R in succession until the Levinson form is obtained when a given derivative is reached. This theory covers rapidly varying coefficients and it extends results which are known for constant Λ.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1986

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