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==Properties== ===Uniqueness for a given asymptotic scale=== For a given asymptotic scale <math>\{\varphi_n(x)\}</math> the asymptotic expansion of function <math>f(x)</math> is unique.<ref name="Malham">S.J.A. Malham, "[http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~simonm/ae.pdf An introduction to asymptotic analysis]", [[Heriot-Watt University]].</ref> That is the coefficients <math>\{a_n\}</math> are uniquely determined in the following way: <math display="block">\begin{align} a_0 &= \lim_{x \to L} \frac{f(x)}{\varphi_0(x)} \\ a_1 &= \lim_{x \to L} \frac{f(x) - a_0 \varphi_0(x)} {\varphi_1(x)} \\ & \;\;\vdots \\ a_N &= \lim_{x \to L} \frac {f(x) - \sum_{n=0}^{N-1} a_n \varphi_n(x)} {\varphi_N(x)} \end{align}</math> where <math>L</math> is the limit point of this asymptotic expansion (may be <math>\pm \infty</math>). ===Non-uniqueness for a given function=== A given function <math>f(x)</math> may have many asymptotic expansions (each with a different asymptotic scale).<ref name="Malham"></ref> ===Subdominance=== An asymptotic expansion may be an asymptotic expansion to more than one function.<ref name="Malham"></ref>
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