Decreasing properties of two ratios defined by three and four polygamma functions (Q2073638)

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Decreasing properties of two ratios defined by three and four polygamma functions
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    Decreasing properties of two ratios defined by three and four polygamma functions (English)
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    3 February 2022
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    According to Bernstein's theorem, a real-valued monotonic function on the open interval \((0,\infty)\) is given by a combination of exponential functions. Motivated by a couple of combinations of polygamma functions, i.e., derivatives of Euler's gamma function, the author considers two ratios of polygamma functions and proves his own conjecture from 2021 that these two ratios are decreasing on the open interval. In order to do so, a theorem and six lemma are listed and three lemma are proved. The two conjectures are stated and verified in two theorems. Finally, the author provides an alternative proof of the theorem he started with. Necessary definitions are found in the publication, making it self contained. The publication ends with a long list of remarks, three of which posting new conjectures for further studies, probably by the author himself. As he emphasizes in the last remark, this publication is the eighth in a series of publications devoted to this type of questions.
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    polygamma functions
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    complete monotonic functions
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