: These are formal series used to represent a function asymptotically. A well-known example is the asymptotic expansion of e^(-1/x^2) as x approaches 0.
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[ \sum_k=0^n f(k) \sim \int_0^n f(x) dx + \fracf(0)+f(n)2 + \sum_r=1^\infty \fracB_2r(2r)! \left( f^(2r-1)(n) - f^(2r-1)(0) \right) ] where ( B_2r ) are Bernoulli numbers. applied asymptotic analysis miller pdf