Bourbaki

Remark 2

Tag 08H5, permanent. Cite it as [Bourbaki, Tag 08H5].

Functions of a Real Variable, chapter V, Appendix 0. Hardy Fields. (H) Functions

When g(x)g(x) is an (H) function equivalent to a constant k≠0k \neq 0 one has g(x)=k+g1(x)g(x) = k + g_1(x), with g1≪1g_1 \ll 1; the function u1(x)=u(x)−ku_1(x) = u(x) - k is the inverse of the function x−g1(x+k)x - g_1(x + k), and one is brought back to the case treated in prop. 5 of V, p. 256.

To have an asymptotic expansion for the function uu it thus suffices to have such an expansion for the function unu_n: if gg admits an asymptotic expansion relative to the scale under consideration one is thus led (by the definition of (H) functions) to the problems examined in V, p. 223 to 227.

The most general case, as follows, reduces to the case treated in prop. 5 of V, p. 256: the function y=u(x)y = u(x) is assumed to satisfy the relation

φ(x)=ψ(y)−g(y) \varphi(x) = \psi(y) - g(y)
where φ\varphi is an (H) function, ψ\psi is an (H) function such that ψ≫1\psi \gg 1 and such that the inverse function θ\theta of ψ\psi is also an (H) function, and gg is an (H) function such that g≪ψg \ll \psi. Let now v(x)v(x) be the inverse function of x−g(θ(x))x - g(\theta(x)); one has u=θ∘v∘φu = \theta \circ v \circ \varphi, and g(θ(x))≪xg(\theta(x)) \ll x; if one knows an asymptotic expansion for vv thanks to prop. 5 of V, p. 256, one can then deduce an asymptotic expansion for uu as in V, p. 223 to 227.

Bourbaki puts the proof directly after the statement, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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