Linear independence of harmonic numbers over the field of algebraic numbers

DOI10.1007/S11139-018-0124-6zbMATH Open1441.11180arXiv1810.09763OpenAlexW2895893528MaRDI QIDQ2301902FDOQ2301902

Sonika Dhillon, Tapas Chatterjee

Publication date: 25 February 2020

Published in: The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $H_n=sumlimit{s}_{k=1}^{n}frac1k$ be the $n$-th harmonic number. Euler extended it to complex arguments and defined $H_r$ for any complex number $r$ except for the negative integers. In this paper, we give a new proof of the transcendental nature of $H_r$ for rational $r$. For some special values of $q>1,$ we give an upper bound for the number of linearly independent harmonic numbers $H_{a/q}$ with $1leqaleqq$ over the field of algebraic numbers. Also, for any finite set of odd primes $J$ with $|J|=n,$ define ${\displaystyle }$W_J=overline{mathbb{Q}}- ext {span of } { H_1, H_{a_{j_i}/q_i} | 1 leq a_{j_i} leq q_i -1, 1 leq j_i leq q_i-1, forall q_i in J}.${\displaystyle }$ Finally, we show that ${\displaystyle }$ ext{ dim }_{overline{mathbb{Q}}} ~W_J=sumlimits_{substack{i=1 \ q_i in J}}^n frac{phi (q_i )}{2} + 2.${\displaystyle }$

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.09763

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zbMATH Keywords

digamma functionharmonic numbersGalois theorylinear independenceGauss formulaBaker's theorylinear forms in logarithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transcendence (general theory) (11J81) Transcendence theory of other special functions (11J91) Linear forms in logarithms; Baker's method (11J86)

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