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§10.70 Zeros

Asymptotic approximations for large zeros are as follows. Let \mu=4\nu^{2} and f(t) denote the formal series

10.70.1\frac{\mu-1}{16t}+\frac{\mu-1}{32t^{2}}+\frac{(\mu-1)(5\mu+19)}{1536t^{3}}+%
\frac{3(\mu-1)^{2}}{512t^{4}}+\cdots.

If m is a large positive integer, then

In the case \nu=0, numerical tabulations (Abramowitz and Stegun (1964, Table 9.12)) indicate that each of (10.70.2) corresponds to the mth zero of the function on the left-hand side. For the next six terms in the series (10.70.1) see MacLeod (2002a).