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Series involving parametric harmonic zeta function

Complex Variables 2026-06-26 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

This paper investigates the analytic structure of the parametric harmonic zeta function ζH(s,a,b)=n=0Hn(a)(n+b)s, \zeta_{H}\left( s,a,b\right) =\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{H_{n}\left( a\right) }{\left( n+b\right) ^{s}}, where Hn(a)H_{n}\left( a\right) denotes the nnth generalized harmonic number. We first establish the meromorphic continuation of ζH(s,a,b)\zeta_{H}\left(s,a,b\right) to the whole complex plane, except for a set of poles, and explicitly determine the residues at its poles. Secondly, we derive the Taylor expansion of ζH(s,a,b+t)\zeta_{H}\left( s,a,b+t\right) around t=0t=0, serving as a generating function that enables generalizations of several classical identities of Landau, Singh-Verma, and Srivastava to the harmonic zeta setting. We then develop explicit expressions for the associated harmonic Stieltjes constants γH,v(m,a,b),\gamma_{H,-v}\left( m,a,b\right) , vN{1,0}v\in\mathbb{N} \cup\left\{ -1,0\right\} . These formulas include cases for which no closed forms were previously available, such as γH,v(m,a)\gamma_{H,-v}\left( m,a\right) and γH,v(m),\gamma_{H,-v}\left( m\right) , vN{0}v\in\mathbb{N}\cup\left\{ 0\right\} . Finally, we introduce a new special function, the harmonic digamma function, and show that it shares key analytic properties with the classical digamma function, including difference equations, derivative identities, and Taylor series expansion.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2606.27827,
  title  = {Series involving parametric harmonic zeta function},
  author = {Merve Kara Öztürk and Mümün Can},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.27827},
  year   = {2026}
}