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Proof of a Conjectured Ramanujan Type Master Theorem for Powers of the Cosecant

Complex Variables 2026-07-26 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

We prove a conjecture of Bradshaw and Atale asserting a Ramanujan type master theorem for the kernel πm/sinm(πs)\pi^m/\sin^m(\pi s), whose poles at the non-positive integers have order mm. 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 cscm\csc^m, 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 (1+x)1(1+x)^{-1}, 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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