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§25.6 Integer Arguments

Contents
  1. §25.6(i) Function Values
  2. §25.6(ii) Derivative Values
  3. §25.6(iii) Recursion Formulas

§25.6(i) Function Values

25.6.1
\zeta\left(0\right)=-\frac{1}{2},
\zeta\left(2\right)=\frac{\pi^{2}}{6},
\zeta\left(4\right)=\frac{\pi^{4}}{90},
\zeta\left(6\right)=\frac{\pi^{6}}{945}.
25.6.2 \zeta\left(2n\right)=\frac{(2\pi)^{2n}}{2(2n)!}\left|B_{2n}\right|,n=1,2,3,\dots.
25.6.3 \zeta\left(-n\right)=-\frac{B_{n+1}}{n+1},n=1,2,3,\dots.
25.6.4 \zeta\left(-2n\right)=0,n=1,2,3,\dots.
25.6.5 \zeta\left(k+1\right)=\frac{1}{k!}\sum_{n_{1}=1}^{\infty}\dots\sum_{n_{k}=1}^{%
\infty}\frac{1}{n_{1}\cdots n_{k}(n_{1}+\dots+n_{k})},k=1,2,3,\dots.
25.6.7 \zeta\left(2\right)=\int_{0}^{1}\int_{0}^{1}\frac{1}{1-xy}\,\mathrm{d}x\,%
\mathrm{d}y.
25.6.8 \zeta\left(2\right)=3\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k^{2}\genfrac{(}{)}{0.0pt}{}{%
2k}{k}}.
25.6.9 \zeta\left(3\right)=\frac{5}{2}\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{(-1)^{k-1}}{k^{3}%
\genfrac{(}{)}{0.0pt}{}{2k}{k}}.
25.6.10 \zeta\left(4\right)=\frac{36}{17}\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k^{4}\genfrac{(}{%
)}{0.0pt}{}{2k}{k}}.

§25.6(ii) Derivative Values

§25.6(iii) Recursion Formulas

25.6.16 \left(n+\tfrac{1}{2}\right)\zeta\left(2n\right)=\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}\zeta\left(2k%
\right)\zeta\left(2n-2k\right),n\geq 2.
25.6.17 \left(n+\tfrac{3}{4}\right)\zeta\left(4n+2\right)=\sum_{k=1}^{n}\zeta\left(2k%
\right)\zeta\left(4n+2-2k\right),n\geq 1.
25.6.18 {\left(n+\tfrac{1}{4}\right)\zeta\left(4n\right)+\tfrac{1}{2}(\zeta\left(2n%
\right))^{2}=\sum_{k=1}^{n}\zeta\left(2k\right)\zeta\left(4n-2k\right)},n\geq 1.
25.6.19 \left(m+n+\tfrac{3}{2}\right)\zeta\left(2m+2n+2\right)=\left(\sum_{k=1}^{m}+%
\sum_{k=1}^{n}\right)\zeta\left(2k\right)\zeta\left(2m+2n+2-2k\right),m\geq 0, n\geq 0, m+n\geq 1.
25.6.20 \tfrac{1}{2}(2^{2n}-1)\zeta\left(2n\right)=\sum_{k=1}^{n-1}(2^{2n-2k}-1)\zeta%
\left(2n-2k\right)\zeta\left(2k\right),n\geq 2.

For related results see Basu and Apostol (2000).