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Irrationality proof of certain Lambert series using little q-Jacobi polynomials

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

Abstract

We apply the Pade technique to find rational approximations to % h±(q1,q2)=k=1\q1k1±\q2k,0<q1,q2<1,q1Q,q2=1/p2,p2N{1}.h^{\pm}(q_1,q_2)=\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{\q_1^k}{1\pm \q_2^k}, 0<q_1,q_2<1, q_1\in\mathbb{Q}, q_2=1/p_2, p_2\in\mathbb{N}\setminus\{1\}. % A separate section is dedicated to the special case qi=qri,riN,q=1/p,pN{1}q_i=q^{r_i}, r_i\in\mathbb{N}, q=1/p, p\in\mathbb{N}\setminus\{1\}. In this construction we make use of little qq-Jacobi polynomials. Our rational approximations are good enough to prove the irrationality of h±(q1,q2)h^{\pm}(q_1,q_2) and give an upper bound for the irrationality measure.

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@article{arxiv.math/0701345,
  title  = {Irrationality proof of certain Lambert series using little q-Jacobi polynomials},
  author = {Jonathan Coussement and Christophe Smet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701345},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages

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