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Large-order perturbation theory of linear eigenvalue problems
Stephen Jonathan Chapman·September 18, 2025
math.CAgr-qcQuantum Physics
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Abstract
We consider a class of linear eigenvalue problems depending on a small parameter epsilon in which the series expansion for the eigenvalue in powers of epsilon is divergent. We develop a new technique to determine the precise nature of this divergence. We illustrate the technique through its application to four examples: the anharmonic oscillator, a simplified model of equatorially-trapped Rossby waves, and two simplified models based on quasinormal modes of Reissner-Nordstrom-de Sitter black holes.