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An Asymptotic Series for an Integral

Number Theory 2018-03-13 v2 Combinatorics Probability

Abstract

We obtain an asymptotic series j=0Ijnj\sum_{j=0}^\infty\frac{I_j}{n^j} for the integral 01[xn+(1x)n]1ndx\int_0^1[x^n+(1-x)^n]^{\frac1{n}}dx as nn\to\infty, and compute IjI_j in terms of alternating (or "colored") multiple zeta value. We also show that IjI_j is a rational polynomial the ordinary zeta values, and give explicit formulas for j12j\le 12. As a byproduct, we obtain precise results about the convergence of norms of random variables and their moments. We study (U,1U)n\Vert(U,1-U)\Vert_n as nn tends to infinity and we also discuss (U1,U2,,Ur)n\Vert(U_1,U_2,\dots,U_r)\Vert_n for standard uniformly distributed random variables.

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@article{arxiv.1802.09214,
  title  = {An Asymptotic Series for an Integral},
  author = {Michael E. Hoffman and Markus Kuba and Moti Levy and Guy Louchard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.09214},
  year   = {2018}
}

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27 pages

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