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{\displaystyle _{1}F_{1}(\alpha ;\gamma ;z)\sim {\frac {\Gamma (\gamma )}{\Gamma (\gamma -\alpha )}}(\exp(-\mathrm {i} \pi )z)^{-\alpha }\left[1+\sum _{k=1}^{\infty }(-1)^{k}{\frac {(\alpha )_{k}(\alpha -\gamma +1)_{k}}{k!}}{\frac {1}{z^{k}}}\right]+{\frac {\Gamma (\gamma )}{\Gamma (\alpha )}}\exp(z)z^{\alpha -\gamma }\left[1+\sum _{k=1}^{\infty }{\frac {(\gamma -\alpha )_{k}(1-\alpha )_{k}}{k!}}{\frac {1}{z^{k}}}\right],\quad -{\frac {\pi }{2}}<\arg(z)<{\frac {3\pi }{2}},\quad |z|\to \infty .}
arg {\displaystyle \arg } は複素数の偏角であり、 ( α ) k {\displaystyle (\alpha )_{k}} はポッホハマー記号である。