Euler's reflection formula, infinite product formulas, and the correspondence principle of quantum mechanics

DOI10.1063/5.0030945zbMATH Open1467.81098arXiv2103.07896OpenAlexW3166092483WikidataQ113854253 ScholiaQ113854253MaRDI QIDQ5000219FDOQ5000219

Authors: Tamar Friedmann, Quincy Webb 

Publication date: 9 July 2021

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We generalize the derivation of the Wallis formula for $pi$ from a variational computation of the spectrum of the Hydrogen atom. We obtain infinite product formulas for certain combinations of gamma functions, which include irrational numbers such as $sqrt2$ as well as some nested radicals. We also derive Euler's reflection formula for reciprocals of positive even integers. We show that Bohr's correspondence principle allows us to derive our product formulas and the reflection formula without the need for the limit definition of the gamma function.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.07896

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) General topics in linear spectral theory for PDEs (35P05) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Atomic physics (81V45) Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Convergence and divergence of infinite products (40A20)

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