On the Cowling approximation: A verification of ansatz via methods of functional and asymptotic analysis
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Christopher J. Winfield
Abstract
We study the Cowling approximation by analytical means as applied to a system of linear differential equations arising from models of non-radial stellar pulsation. We consider various asymptotic cases, including those of high harmonic degree and high oscillation frequency. Our methods involve a reformulation of the system in terms of an integro-differential equation for which certain Hilbert-space methods apply. By way of a more complete asymptotic study, we extend our results to certain fundamental solution sets, characterized according to certain multi-point boundary-value problems: Such asymptotics further enable us to produce sharp estimates as confirmation of our general results.
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