Inverse binomial series and values of Arakawa-Kaneko zeta functions (Q2253877): Difference between revisions

In this paper, two families of functions \(\alpha_k(s)\) and \(\beta_k(s)\) defined by the Mellin transforms are introduced, i.e., \[ \alpha_k(s)=\frac{1}{\Gamma(s)}\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{e^{-t}}{1-e^{-2t}}\text{Li}_k(1-e^{-2t})t^{s-1}dt, \quad {\text{Re}s>0} \quad \text{and}\quad k\geq 1, \] \[ \beta_k(s)=\frac{1}{\Gamma(s)}\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{e^{-t}}{1-e^{-2t}}\text{Li}_k\bigg(\frac{1-e^{-2t}}{2}\bigg) t^{s-1}dt, \quad {\text{Re}s>0} \quad \text{and}\quad k\geq 0, \] with \(\alpha_1(s)=2^{-s}(2^{s+1}-1)s\zeta(s+1)\), and \(\beta_0(s)=\beta(s)\). Note that the function \(\alpha_k(s)\) is (with exception of factor \(2^{-s}\)) the special value at \(x=1/2\) of the Arakawa-Kaneko zeta-function \(\xi_k(s,x)\) defined in [the first author et al., Ramanujan J. 22, No. 2, 153--162 (2010; Zbl 1230.11106)]. If \(s\) is a positive integer, the values \(\alpha_k(s)\) and \(\beta_k(s)\) have the following form \[ \alpha_k(m+1)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{2^{2n-1}}{\binom{2n}{n}n^{k+1}}P_m(O_n^{(1)},\ldots,O_n^{(j)},\ldots,O_n^{(m)}), \quad k \geq 1, \] and \[ \beta_k(m+1)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{2^{n-1}}{\binom{2n}{n}n^{k+1}}P_m(O_n^{(1)},\ldots,O_n^{(j)},\ldots,O_n^{(m)}), \quad k \geq 0. \] Here \(P_m\) is the modified Bell polynomial of order \(m\), and \(O_n^{(j)}=\sum_{k=1}^{n}1/((2k-1)^j)\) is the ``odd'' harmonic number of order \(j\). For small values of \(k\) and \(s\), these series are evaluated explicitly in terms of zeta values and other related constants, which are real periods in the sense of Kontsevich and Zagier. This leads to new formulas for the Ramanujan constant \(G(1)\). For example, \[ G(1)=\frac{7}{8}\zeta(3)\log 2-\frac{\pi^4}{384}-\frac{1}{8}\pi^2 (\log 2)^2+2\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{2^{2n}}{\binom{2n}{2}}\frac{1}{(2n)^4}. \]