Non-Ramanujan asymptotic approximation for zero-balanced hypergeometric functions

This paper studies non-Ramanujan asymptotic approximations for the zero-balanced Gaussian hypergeometric function \N\[\N{}_2F_1(a,b;a+b;x), \N\]\Nfocusing on the quotient \N\[\N\Phi(x)=\frac{{}_2F_1(a,b;a+b;x)}{\log\!\bigl(1+\lambda/\sqrt{1-x}\bigr)}, \qquad x\in(0,1).\N\]\NMotivated by earlier results for complete and generalized elliptic integrals, the authors extend monotonicity and convexity properties from the elliptic-integral setting to the general zero-balanced hypergeometric case. For parameters in the region \N\[\NR_1=\{(a,b)\in\mathbb{R}_+^2:\ a+b+4ab\le 2\},\N\]\Nthey derive sharp sufficient and necessary conditions for the monotonic increase of \(\Phi\), and sufficient conditions for its decrease. On the smaller region \N\[\NR_2=\{(a,b)\in(0,1]^2:\ a+b+4ab\le 2\},\N\]\Nthey further prove that \(\Phi\) is convex and that \(1/\Phi\) is concave under the corresponding admissible conditions on \(\lambda\).\N\NThe proofs combine coefficient comparisons for power-series quotients, Yang's \(H\)-function technique, recurrence relations for Maclaurin coefficients, and sign analysis of auxiliary polynomials. As an application, the paper confirms a conjecture of Yang and Tian in the classical case \(a=b=\tfrac12\), corresponding to the complete elliptic integral, and also derives several inequalities for generalized Grötzsch ring functions. The work fits naturally into the recent literature on monotonicity, convexity, and sharp inequalities for special functions.

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