Secant zeta functions

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2013.06.071MaRDI QIDQ2258957zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matilde Lalín, Francis Rodrigue, Mathew Rogers

Publication date 27 February 2015

Published in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.3922

zbMATH Keywords

Bernoulli numbersquadratic irrationalitysecant zeta function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other Dirichlet series and zeta functions (11M41)

Abstract: We study the series $ps{i}_s(z):=su{m}_{n=1}^{infty}sec(npiz)n^{-s}$, and prove that it converges under mild restrictions on $z$ and $s$. The function possesses a modular transformation property, which allows us to evaluate $ps{i}_s(z)$ explicitly at certain quadratic irrational values of $z$. This supports our conjecture that $p{i}^{-k}ps{i}_k(sqrtj)inmathbbQ$ whenever $k$ and $j$ are positive integers with $k$ even. We conclude with some speculations on Bernoulli numbers.

Review text

The authors introduce and study the secant zeta function \[ \psi (\alpha ,s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\sec (\pi n\alpha )}{n^s}. \] The series converges absolutely if \(\alpha =\frac{p}{q}\) is rational with \(q\) odd and \(s>1\), or if \(\alpha\) is an algebraic irrational number and \(s\geq 2\). Using modular transformation properties of \(\psi\), the authors find its explicit values at certain quadratic irrational values of \(z\) and suggest a conjecture that \(\pi^{-2k}\psi (\sqrt{d},2k)\) is a rational number for every natural numbers \(k,d\), such that \(d\) is not a square. This conjecture was subsequently proved by \textit{P. Charollois} and \textit{M. Greenberg} [Ann. Math. Qué. 38, No. 1, 1--6 (2014; Zbl 1302.11066)].

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