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A note on the asymptotic expansion of the Lerch's transcendent

Complex Variables 2020-04-21 v1

Abstract

In a previous paper by Ferreira and L\'opez [Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 298(1), 2004], the authors derived an asymptotic expansion of the Lerch's transcendent Φ(z,s,a)\Phi(z,s,a) for large a\vert a\vert, valid for Re(a)>0\mathrm{Re}(a)>0, Re(s)>0\mathrm{Re}(s)>0 and zC[1,)z\in\mathbb{C}\setminus[1,\infty). In this paper we study the special case z1z\ge 1 not covered in the previous result, deriving a complete asymptotic expansion of the Lerch's transcendent Φ(z,s,a)\Phi(z,s,a) for z>1z > 1 and Re(s)>0\mathrm{Re}(s)>0 as Re(a)\mathrm{Re}(a) goes to infinity. We also show that when aa is a positive integer, this expansion is convergent for Re(z)1\mathrm{Re}(z) \ge 1. As a corollary, we get a full asymptotic expansion for the sum n=1mzn/ns\sum_{n=1}^{m} z^{n}/n^{s} for fixed z>1z >1 as mm \to \infty. Some numerical results show the accuracy of the approximation.

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@article{arxiv.1806.01122,
  title  = {A note on the asymptotic expansion of the Lerch's transcendent},
  author = {Xing Shi Cai and José L. López},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.01122},
  year   = {2020}
}

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