A question on asymptotic expansion for erf function.

In summary, the conversation discusses finding an asymptotic expansion of the function erf(x) as x approaches infinity. The speaker has already made some progress in their approach by using a change of variables and integration by parts. However, they are currently stuck because they cannot expand e^{-\frac{1}{\xi^2}} with a power series in \frac{1}{\xi^2}. They mention a paper by Murray's asymptotic analysis that may provide some guidance for their problem.
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I've got the next question which I just want to see if I got it right, and if not then do correct me.

we have \(\displaystyle erf(x)=\frac{2}{\sqrt \pi} \int_{0}^{x} e^{-t^2} dt\)

and I want to find an asymptotic expansion of this function when \(\displaystyle x\rightarrow \infty\).

So here's what I have done:

\(\displaystyle erf(x)=\frac{2}{\sqrt \pi} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-t^2}dt - \int_{x}^{\infty} e^{-t^2} dt = 1 +\int_{\frac{1}{x}}^{0} e^{-\frac{1}{\xi ^2}}\frac{d\xi}{\xi ^2}\)

where in my last step I used the next change of variables: \(\displaystyle \xi=\frac{1}{t}\).
Now, I am kind of stuck here, I mean \(\displaystyle \xi\) is smaller than \(\displaystyle \frac{1}{x}\rightarrow 0\), but I cannot expand \(\displaystyle e^{-\frac{1}{\xi ^2}}\) with a power seris in \(\displaystyle \frac{1}{\xi^2}\) so what to do now?

Thanks (the question appears in Murray's asymptotic anaysis page 27, question 2).
 
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What is the definition of the error function (erf)?

The error function (erf) is a special mathematical function that is used to calculate the probability of a normally distributed random variable falling within a certain range of values.

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