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An historical survey of ordinary linear differential equations with a large parameter and turning points

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McHugh, J.A.M. An historical survey of ordinary linear differential equations with a large parameter and turning points. Arch. Rational Mech. 7, 277–324 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328046

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