On Ramanujan's formula for $\zeta(1/2)$ and $\zeta(2m+1)$
Abstract
Page 332 of Ramanujan's Lost Notebook contains a compelling identity for , which has been studied by many mathematicians over the years. On the same page, Ramanujan also recorded the series, \begin{align*} \frac{1^r}{\exp(1^s x) - 1} + \frac{2^r}{\exp(2^s x) - 1} + \frac{3^r}{\exp(3^s x) - 1} + \cdots, \end{align*} where is a positive integer and is any even integer. Unfortunately, Ramanujan doesn't give any formula for it. This series was rediscovered by Kanemitsu, Tanigawa, and Yoshimoto, although they studied it only when is a negative even integer. Recently, Dixit and the second author generalized the work of Kanemitsu et al. and obtained a transformation formula for the aforementioned series with is any even integer. While extending the work of Kanemitsu et al., Dixit and the second author obtained a beautiful generalization of Ramanujan's formula for odd zeta values. In the current paper, we investigate transformation formulas for an infinite series, and interestingly, we derive Ramanujan's formula for , Wigert's formula for as well as Ramanujan's formula for . Furthermore, we obtain a new identity for in the spirit of Ramanujan.
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@article{arxiv.2106.04797,
title = {On Ramanujan's formula for $\zeta(1/2)$ and $\zeta(2m+1)$},
author = {Anushree Gupta and Bibekananda Maji},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.04797},
year = {2021}
}
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