title: Summing Pauli asymptotic series to solve the wedge problem.
abstract: The use of the asymptotic treatment for the wedge diffraction problem established long ago by Pauli [Phys. Rev.54, 924 (1938)] is here revisited and proposed in the character of a powerful computational tool for accurately retrieving the total electromagnetic field even in the near zone. After proving its factorial divergent character, the Pauli series is summed through the Weniger transformation, a nonlinear resummation scheme particularly efficient in the case of factorial divergence. Numerical results are carried out to show the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed approach.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Elettronica Applicata, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, Rome, Italy. borghi@uniroma3.it
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borghi