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Obtain a correct asymptotic series for a formula involving BesselK

Posted 5 years ago

Hi, I have a problem with obtaining a correct asymptotic expansion of an expression involving BesselK functions. The following commands:

ser5 = Simplify[Series[(1 - BesselK[0, Sqrt[s]]/BesselK[1, Sqrt[s]])/Sqrt[s], {s, ?, 5}]];
ser10 = Simplify[Series[(1 - BesselK[0, Sqrt[s]]/BesselK[1, Sqrt[s]])/Sqrt[s], {s, ?, 10}]];
ser15 = Simplify[Series[(1 - BesselK[0, Sqrt[s]]/BesselK[1, Sqrt[s]])/Sqrt[s], {s, ?, 15}]];
ser20 = Simplify[Series[(1 - BesselK[0, Sqrt[s]]/BesselK[1, Sqrt[s]])/Sqrt[s], {s, ?, 20}]];

each produces an apparently different expansion (there are differences between higher order terms). I would be glad to understand why this happens, and how to obtain a correct expansion. Leslaw

POSTED BY: Leslaw Bieniasz
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Thanks for the example. Reported as a bug in Series.

POSTED BY: Daniel Lichtblau

Well, great, but I cannot wait until the bug is fixed. Is there any way to find out how to get the correct expansion, or how many terms of the expansion obtained can be trusted? Leslaw

POSTED BY: Leslaw Bieniasz
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