Abstract. In this paper, we derive a new representation for the Anger-Weber function, employing the reformulation of the method of steepest descents by C. J. Howls (Howls, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 439 (1992) 373-396). As a consequence of this representation, we deduce a number of properties of the large order asymptotic expansion of the Anger-Weber function, including explicit and realistic error bounds, asymptotic approximations for the late coefficients, exponentially improved asymptotic expansions, and the smooth transition of the Stokes discontinuities.
IntroductionIn the first part of this series of papers [7], we proved new resurgence-type representations for the remainder term of the asymptotic expansion of the Anger-Weber function A −ν (λν) with complex ν and λ ≥ 1. These resurgence formulas have different forms according to whether λ > 1 or λ = 1. The main goal of this paper is to derive a similar representation for the Anger-Weber function A ν (λν) with complex ν and λ > 0. Our derivation is based on the reformulation of the method of steepest descents by Howls [4]. Using this representation, we obtain a number of properties of the large order asymptotic expansion of the Anger-Weber function, including explicit and realistic error bounds, asymptotics for the late coefficients, exponentially improved asymptotic expansions, and the smooth transition of the Stokes discontinuities.Our first theorem describes the resurgence properties of the asymptotic expansion of A ν (λν) for λ > 0. The notations follow the ones given in [11, p. 298]. Throughout this paper, empty sums are taken to be zero. Theorem 1.1. Let λ > 0 be a fixed positive real number, and let N be a non-negative integer. Then we have it (λit) dt.