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We will use the conventional order symbols O and o as a mathematical measure of the relative order of magnitude of various expressions. Although generalizations are straightforward, we will restrict attention to scalar functions u(x; ∈) of the n-vector independent variable x = (x 1 , x 2,…, x n ) and the scalar parameter ∈. The x i will vary over some specified domain D and ∈ will lie on the interval I: 0 < ∈ ≤ ∈1.
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Kevorkian, J., Cole, J.D. (1996). Introduction. In: Multiple Scale and Singular Perturbation Methods. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 114. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3968-0_1
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