Counterexamples to the conjectured transcendence of \,\sum{1/(n+\alpha)^{k}}, its closed-form summation and extensions to polygamma functions and zeta series

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Authors Fábio M. S. Lima

Publication date 12 November 2009

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transcendence (general theory) (11J81) Transcendence theory of other special functions (11J91) Other Dirichlet series and zeta functions (11M41) Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15)

Abstract: In a recent work, Gun and co-workers have proposed that $,su{m}_{n=-infty}^{infty}(n+alpha{)}^{-k},$ is a transcendental number for all integer $,k$, $k>1$, and $$. Here in this work, this proposition is shown to be emph{false} whenever $,k,$ is odd and $,alpha,$ is a half-integer. It is also shown that these are the only counterexamples, which allows for a correct reformulation of the original proposition. This leads to a theorem yielding a closed-form expression for the summation of that series, which determines its arithmetic nature. The result is then extended to a sum of polygamma functions and some related zeta series. In view of the recurrent appearance of these series and functions in different areas of mathematics and applications, the closed-form results put forward here could well be included in modern computer algebra systems (CAS).

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