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Arithmetic of Catalan's constant and its relatives

Number Theory 2019-07-23 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs Combinatorics

Abstract

We prove that at least one of the six numbers β(2i)\beta(2i) for i=1,,6i=1,\dots,6 is irrational. Here β(s)=k=0(1)k(2k+1)s\beta(s)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty(-1)^k(2k+1)^{-s} denotes Dirichlet's beta function, so that β(2)\beta(2) is Catalan's constant.

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@article{arxiv.1804.09922,
  title  = {Arithmetic of Catalan's constant and its relatives},
  author = {Wadim Zudilin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.09922},
  year   = {2019}
}

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9 pages

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