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An Asymptotic Form of the Generating Function $\prod_{k=1}^\infty (1+x^k/k)$

Combinatorics 2019-04-17 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

It is shown that the sequence of rational numbers r(k)r(k) generated by the ordinary generating function k=1(1+xk/k)\prod_{k=1}^\infty (1+x^k/k) converges to a limit C>0C > 0. CC can be expressed as C=exp(k=2(1)kk ζ(k))C = \exp\Bigl(-\sum_{k = 2}^\infty \frac{(-1)^k}{k}\ \zeta(k) \Bigr) where ζ()\zeta() denotes the Riemann zeta function.

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@article{arxiv.1904.07808,
  title  = {An Asymptotic Form of the Generating Function $\prod_{k=1}^\infty (1+x^k/k)$},
  author = {Andreas B. G. Blobel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.07808},
  year   = {2019}
}

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9 pages, 1 figure