Simplified Airy function Asymptotic expansions for Reverse Generalised Bessel Polynomials

Abstract: Uniform asymptotic expansions are derived for reverse generalised Bessel polynomials of large degree $n$, real parameter $a$, and complex argument $z$, which are simpler than previously known results. The defining differential equation is analysed; for large $n$ and $\frac{3}{2} - n < a < \infty$, it possesses two turning points in the complex $z$ plane. Away from the turning points Liouville-Green expansions are obtained for the polynomials and two companion solutions of the differential equation, where asymptotic series appear in the exponent. Then representations involving Airy functions and two slowly-varying coefficient functions are constructed. Using the Liouville-Green representations, asymptotic expansions are obtained for the coefficient functions that involve coefficients that can be easily and explicitly computed recursively. In conjunction with a suitable re-expansion, or Cauchy's integral formula, near the turning point, the expansions are valid for $\frac{3}{2} - n < a \leq \mathcal{O}(n)$, uniformly for all unbounded complex values of $z$.