A new family of almost identities
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: A new family of almost identities
zbMATH Open document ID: 1213.40002
DOI: 10.4171/EM/61
author: Gérard Maze
author: Lorenz Minder
published in: Elemente der Mathematik
publication date: 2008-10-23T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0409014
review text: The authors present a new family of almost identities. These are based on series that sum to elements close to either rationals or rational multiples of \(\pi\). They study the sequence of real numbers \(u_ n\), defined by \[ u_ n=\log 2\sum_ {k=-\infty}^ {+\infty}\frac{1}{(2^ {k/2}+ 2^ {-k/2})^ n} \] for \(n\in {\mathbb N}^ +\). Here they treat the cases \(n=1,2\). The explanation of the phenomenon takes its roots in the theory of Mellin transforms. More details, proof of the recurrence relation for \(u_n\), and explanation for the phenomena for \(u_3\) and \(u_4\), are given in an extended version of this paper [see \url{arXiv:math/0409014}]. For related work, see also \textit{J. M. Borwein} and \textit{P. B. Borwein}, Am. Math. Mon. 99, No. 7, 622--640 (1992; Zbl 0762.40003).
reviewed by: Olaf Ninnemann
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 40A25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 44A15
zbMATH DE Number: 5356286
zbMATH Keywords: almost identities
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
arXiv ID: math/0409014
cites work: Strange Series and High Precision Fraud
cites work: Mellin transforms and asymptotics: Harmonic sums
description: scientific article