Extended higher Herglotz functions. I: Functional equations

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DOI10.1016/J.AAM.2023.102622arXiv2107.02607OpenAlexW3181767715MaRDI QIDQ6184902FDOQ6184902

Rahul Kumar, Rajat Gupta, Atul Dixit

Publication date: 29 January 2024

Published in: Advances in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In 1975, Don Zagier obtained a new version of the Kronecker limit formula for a real quadratic field which involved an interesting function F(x) which is now known as the emph{Herglotz function}. As demonstrated by Zagier, and very recently by Radchenko and Zagier, F(x) satisfies beautiful properties which are of interest in both algebraic number theory as well as in analytic number theory. In this paper, we study mathscrFk,N(x), an extension of the Herglotz function which also subsumes emph{higher Herglotz function} of Vlasenko and Zagier. We call it the emph{extended higher Herglotz function}. It is intimately connected with a certain generalized Lambert series. We derive two different kinds of functional equations satisfied by mathscrFk,N(x). Radchenko and Zagier gave a beautiful relation between the integral displaystyleint01fraclog(1+tx)1+t,dt and F(x) and used it to evaluate this integral at various rational as well as irrational arguments. We obtain a relation between mathscrFk,N(x) and a generalization of the above integral involving polylogarithm. The asymptotic expansions of mathscrFk,N(x) and some generalized Lambert series are also obtained along with other supplementary results.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.02607





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