On the asymptotics of Kempner-Irwin sums
Number Theory
2026-01-16 v4 Classical Analysis and ODEs
Abstract
Let be the subseries of the harmonic series keeping the integers having exactly occurrences of the digit in base . We prove the existence of an asymptotic expansion to all orders in descending powers of , for fixed and , of . We explicitly give, depending on cases, either four or five terms. The coefficients involve the values of the zeta function at the integers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2404.13763,
title = {On the asymptotics of Kempner-Irwin sums},
author = {Jean-François Burnol},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.13763},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
34 pages. v3 of January 2026 is an English translation of the French original 2404.13763v2 from April 2024. A few changes were made addressing referee remarks from July 2025, and references were updated. Subsequent v4 fixes a few left-over formatting issues and adds a link to the dedicated repository