For fixed and fixed ,
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where the coefficients are given by
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and
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. | |||
The upper signs correspond to and the lower signs to . The expansion (28.25.1) is valid for when
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, | |||
and for when
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, | |||
where again denotes an arbitrary small positive constant.
For proofs and generalizations see Meixner and Schäfke (1954, §2.63).