Proof of a Conjectured Ramanujan Type Master Theorem for Powers of the Cosecant
Abstract
We prove a conjecture of Bradshaw and Atale asserting a Ramanujan type master theorem for the kernel , whose poles at the non-positive integers have order . The residue data at these poles are organized by a family of polynomials studied by Airault with coefficients the central factorial numbers of the first kind. The proof reduces the conjecture to a Laurent series identity for , established by induction from an elementary differential recursion, and the resulting theorem holds under a growth hypothesis strictly weaker than Hardy's. As applications, we obtain integral representations for powers of the cosecant, a closed form for the Mellin convolution powers of the Cauchy kernel , and a family of differential identities satisfied by the Airault polynomials.
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@article{arxiv.2607.27241,
title = {Proof of a Conjectured Ramanujan Type Master Theorem for Powers of the Cosecant},
author = {Zachary P. Bradshaw},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.27241},
year = {2026}
}
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19 pages