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Rapidly converging formulae for $\zeta(4k\pm 1)$

Number Theory 2018-03-12 v1

Abstract

We provide rapidly converging formulae for the Riemann zeta function at odd integers using the Lambert series Lq(s)=n=1nsqn/(1qn)\mathscr{L}_q(s) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty n^{s} q^{n}/(1-q^n), s=(4k±1)s=-(4k\pm 1). Our main formula for ζ(4k1)\zeta(4k-1) converges at rate of about e15πe^{-\sqrt{15}\pi} per term, and the formula for ζ(4k+1)\zeta(4k+1), at the rate of e4πe^{-4\pi} per term. For example, the first order approximation yields ζ(3)π315100+e15π[94+415sinh(15π2)]\zeta(3)\approx\frac{\pi ^3 \sqrt{15}}{100} +e^{-\sqrt{15} \pi }\left[\frac{9}{4}+\frac{4}{\sqrt{15}}\sinh (\frac{\sqrt{15} \pi }{2})\right] which has an error only of order 101010^{-10}.

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@article{arxiv.1803.03291,
  title  = {Rapidly converging formulae for $\zeta(4k\pm 1)$},
  author = {Shubho Banerjee and Blake Wilkerson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.03291},
  year   = {2018}
}

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16 pages. Submitted for publication