Asymptotics of the d'Arcais Numbers at Small $k$
Number Theory
2026-02-03 v4
Abstract
The d'Arcais numbers are the triangular array , such that . The infinite -Pochhammer symbol is . Holding fixed and considering large , we note that the ratio is asymptotic to where the divisor sum function is and . This is a slightly generalized version of one of Ramanujan's formulas from his paper, ``On Certain Arithmetical Functions," and it is an immediate consequence of the more recent article of Oliver, Shreshta and Thorne. Heim and Neuhauser made a conjecture, that is greater than or equal to , for and all . The conjecture is false for , and it is true for when is sufficiently large. We consider the Hardy-Ramanujan circle method as a heuristic step.
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@article{arxiv.2601.18599,
title = {Asymptotics of the d'Arcais Numbers at Small $k$},
author = {Shannon Starr},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.18599},
year = {2026}
}
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