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Binomial sums related to rational approximations to $\zeta(4)$

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2007-05-23 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

For the solution {un}n=0\{u_n\}_{n=0}^\infty to the polynomial recursion (n+1)5un+13(2n+1)(3n2+3n+1)(15n2+15n+4)un3n3(3n1)(3n+1)un1=0(n+1)^5u_{n+1}-3(2n+1)(3n^2+3n+1)(15n^2+15n+4)u_n -3n^3(3n-1)(3n+1)u_{n-1}=0, where n=1,2,...n=1,2,..., with the initial data u0=1u_0=1, u1=12u_1=12, we prove that all unu_n are integers. The numbers unu_n, n=0,1,2,...n=0,1,2,..., are denominators of rational approximations to ζ(4)\zeta(4) (see math.NT/0201024). We use Andrews's generalization of Whipple's transformation of a terminating 7F6(1){}_7F_6(1)-series and the method from math.NT/0311114.

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@article{arxiv.math/0311196,
  title  = {Binomial sums related to rational approximations to $\zeta(4)$},
  author = {Wadim Zudilin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0311196},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, AmSTeX