On asymptotics, Stirling numbers, gamma function and polylogs

DOI10.1007/S00025-006-0211-7zbMATH Open1171.11317arXivmath/0607514OpenAlexW2963962223MaRDI QIDQ860131FDOQ860131

Authors: Daniel B. Grünberg 

Publication date: 23 January 2007

Published in: Results in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We apply the Euler--Maclaurin formula to find the asymptotic expansion of the sums $su{m}_{k=1}^n(logk{)}^p/k^q$, ~$sum{k}^q(logk{)}^p$, ~$sum(logk{)}^p/(n-k{)}^q$, ~$sum1/k^q(logk{)}^p$ in closed form to arbitrary order ($p,qinN$). The expressions often simplify considerably and the coefficients are recognizable constants. The constant terms of the asymptotics are either $zet{a}^{(p)}(pmq)$ (first two sums), 0 (third sum) or yield novel mathematical constants (fourth sum). This allows numerical computation of $zet{a}^{(p)}(pmq)$ faster than any current software. One of the constants also appears in the expansion of the function $su{m}_{ngeq2}(nlogn{)}^{-s}$ around the singularity at $s=1$; this requires the asymptotics of the incomplete gamma function. The manipulations involve polylogs for which we find a representation in terms of Nielsen integrals, as well as mysterious conjectures for Bernoulli numbers. Applications include the determination of the asymptotic growth of the Taylor coefficients of $(-z/log(1-z){)}^k$. We also give the asymptotics of Stirling numbers of first kind and their formula in terms of harmonic numbers.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0607514

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polylogarithms and relations with (K)-theory (11G55) Higher logarithm functions (33B30) Numerical approximation and evaluation of special functions (33F05)

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