https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817301011
A Generalized Technique in Numerical Integration
Mathematical Division, Campus Saint-Jean University of Alberta 8406, 91 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6C 4G9, Canada
* e-mail: hsafouhi@ualberta.ca
Published online: 14 February 2018
Integration by parts is one of the most popular techniques in the analysis of integrals and is one of the simplest methods to generate asymptotic expansions of integral representations. The product of the technique is usually a divergent series formed from evaluating boundary terms; however, sometimes the remaining integral is also evaluated. Due to the successive differentiation and anti-differentiation required to form the series or the remaining integral, the technique is difficult to apply to problems more complicated than the simplest. In this contribution, we explore a generalized and formalized integration by parts to create equivalent representations to some challenging integrals.
As a demonstrative archetype, we examine Bessel integrals, Fresnel integrals and Airy functions.
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