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Double integrals and infinite products for some classical constants via analytic continuations of Lerch's transcendent

Number Theory 2008-09-18 v3 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

The two-fold aim of the paper is to unify and generalize on the one hand the double integrals of Beukers for ζ(2)\zeta(2) and ζ(3),\zeta(3), and those of the second author for Euler's constant γ\gamma and its alternating analog ln(4/π),\ln(4/\pi), and on the other hand the infinite products of the first author for ee, and of the second author for π\pi and eγ.e^\gamma. We obtain new double integral and infinite product representations of many classical constants, as well as a generalization to Lerch's transcendent of Hadjicostas's double integral formula for the Riemann zeta function, and logarithmic series for the digamma and Euler beta functions. The main tools are analytic continuations of Lerch's function, including Hasse's series. We also use Ramanujan's polylogarithm formula for the sum of a particular series involving harmonic numbers, and his relations between certain dilogarithm values.

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@article{arxiv.math/0506319,
  title  = {Double integrals and infinite products for some classical constants via analytic continuations of Lerch's transcendent},
  author = {Jesus Guillera and Jonathan Sondow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0506319},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

21 pages, to appear in The Ramanujan Journal. Added Corollary 3.3, Lemma 3.1, Equations (5) and (33), all or part of Examples 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 3.11, 3.14, 5.12, and references [1], [16], [17], [18]. Omitted the old [4]. Modified Equation (49), Theorem 5.3, and Examples 3.25 and 3.26. Expanded the Abstract and Introduction. Rearranged Sections 2 and 3