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where is an arbitrary small positive constant. If the series on the right-hand side of (11.6.1) is truncated after terms, then the remainder term is . If is real, is positive, and , then is of the same sign and numerically less than the first neglected term.
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For the corresponding expansions for and combine (11.6.1), (11.6.2) with (11.2.5), (11.2.6), (10.17.4), and (10.40.1).
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where is Euler’s constant (§5.2(ii)).
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For fixed
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and for fixed
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Here
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These and higher coefficients can be computed via the representations in Nemes (2015b).
For fixed
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and for an estimate of the relative error in this approximation see Watson (1944, p. 336).