Asymptotic expansion of the integral with two parameters
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In our work we study a classic pursuit problem in which two material points - a Pursuer and a Pursued - move in a plane at constant velocities. The velocity vector of the Pursued does not change its direction and the velocity vector of the Pursuer turns and always aims at the Pursued. If the Pursuer moves at a higher speed, it will overtake the Pursued for any initial angle between velocity vectors. For example, a crane system simultaneously producing three movements: rotation, extension/retraction and luffing, may seize the cargo moving in a straight line while the crane is standing motionless. In the coordinate system of the Pursuer, the path length of the Pursued is given by an integral, depending on two parameters: the ratio of the initial velocities of two points and the initial angle between them. The theorem on the asymptotic integral expansion is formulated and proved considering the speed of the Pursuer is much greater than the speed of the Pursued. The first two nonzero terms of the asymptotic expansion provide fast convergence to the exact value of the integral because of the absence of the first- and the third-order asymptotic elements. The third nonzero element of the fifth order allows to determine the difference of path lengths corresponding to the adjacent initial angles between the velocities of the points.
DOI: 10.22227/1997-0935.2014.7.34-40
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