Airy Functions And Applications To Physics

From the formulae (2.127) and (2.128), we deduce the expressions of the primitives of Ai( x) and Bi( x) [Abramowitz & Stegun (1965)]




The ascending series of the primitives of Airy functions are [Abramowitz & Stegun (1965)].




the series F( x) and G( x) being defined by integration term-by-term of the series f and g (cf. 2.1.4)

where the constants c 1 and c 2 are defined in 2.1.4.2 c 1 = Ai(0) and c 2 = Ai ?(0).
For x >> 1 (and
), the first terms of the asymptotic series of the primitives of the homogeneous Airy functions are [Abramowitz & Stegun (1965)]


These series are obtained by integrating term-by-term the series defined in 2.1.4.
Gordon (1970) also gives some primitives implying the inhomogeneous function Gi( x). The primitive ? Gi[ ?( x + ?)] d x seems unable to be expressed simply in terms of Airy functions. Nevertheless, we can calculate



For all the primitives given below, the integration constant has been omitted. If y is any linear combination of Airy function and y ? its derivative, we note y 1 its primitive. Then we have
From which we find