Friday, 27 March 2009

asymptotics - Approximating a multiple sum with an integral

Hi,



I want to approximate a multiple sum of the form
sumx1+x2+cdots+xmleqneg(x1,x2,ldots,xm),


where each xi is an integer between 0 and n,
by an integral
intx1+x2+cdots+xmleqneg(x1,x2,ldots,xm)dx1dx2cdotsdxm,.

I know that the Euler-Maclaurin formula can be used to derive the error term when m=1 but often see sums of this form with m>1 approximated by integrals, though with little justification. I do not have much of a background in mathematical analysis so am not sure where to look for a reference for this.



Any help will be much appreciated.

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