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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2013

Robin Pemantle
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
Mark C. Wilson
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
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The Diagonal Method

We recall the diagonal method from Section 2.4. When used for asymptotic coefficient extraction from a bivariate generating function F, it consists of two steps:

  1. (i) Find a closed form or defining equation for the diagonal generating function diag F.

  2. (ii) Apply univariate singularity analysis to diag F to compute the asymptotics.

However, this method is extremely limited in scope, working well only for the main diagonal in two variables. On the positive side, it does allow the determination of the entire diagonal generating function, not just asymptotics of the coefficients. In this section we give more details on the limitations of this method. Although they have been alluded to in Section 2.4, our experience has shown that the results in this book are better appreciated if the reader has a thorough understanding of why such results are not as easily obtainable via the older diagonal method machinery.

The first step usually works well for computing main diagonal asymptotics in two variables, as already seen in the case of Delannoy numbers in Example 2.4.12. The second can be often carried out in this case using standard univariate asymptotics. For example, if F is bivariate rational, then the diagonal is algebraic, and the transfer theorems such as Theorem 3.4.2 can be applied. The full procedure is demonstrated in the following example.

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  • Extensions
  • Robin Pemantle, University of Pennsylvania, Mark C. Wilson, University of Auckland
  • Book: Analytic Combinatorics in Several Variables
  • Online publication: 05 July 2013
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139381864.014
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  • Robin Pemantle, University of Pennsylvania, Mark C. Wilson, University of Auckland
  • Book: Analytic Combinatorics in Several Variables
  • Online publication: 05 July 2013
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139381864.014
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  • Extensions
  • Robin Pemantle, University of Pennsylvania, Mark C. Wilson, University of Auckland
  • Book: Analytic Combinatorics in Several Variables
  • Online publication: 05 July 2013
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139381864.014
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