-Beta Functions 5.20 Physical Applications

§5.19 Mathematical Applications

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Keywords:: applications, gamma function, mathematical
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§5.19(i) Summation of Rational Functions
§5.19(ii) Mellin–Barnes Integrals
§5.19(iii) -Dimensional Sphere

§5.19(i) Summation of Rational Functions

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Keywords:: applications, mathematical, psi function, rational functions, summation
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See also:: Annotations for §5.19 and Ch.5

As shown in Temme (1996b, §3.4), the results given in §5.7(ii) can be used to sum infinite series of rational functions.

Example

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See also:: Annotations for §5.19(i), §5.19 and Ch.5

5.19.1

$S=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}a_{k},$

$a_{k}=\frac{k}{(3k+2)(2k+1)(k+1)}.$

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Symbols:: : nonnegative integer and : real or complex variable
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By decomposition into partial fractions (§1.2(iii))

5.19.2 $a_{k}=\frac{2}{k+\frac{2}{3}}-\frac{1}{k+\frac{1}{2}}-\frac{1}{k+1}=\left(% \frac{1}{k+1}-\frac{1}{k+\frac{1}{2}}\right)-2\left(\frac{1}{k+1}-\frac{1}{k+% \frac{2}{3}}\right).$

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Symbols:: : nonnegative integer and : real or complex variable
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See also:: Annotations for §5.19(i), §5.19(i), §5.19 and Ch.5

Hence from (5.7.6), (5.4.13), and (5.4.19)

5.19.3 $S=\psi\left(\tfrac{1}{2}\right)-2\psi\left(\tfrac{2}{3}\right)-\gamma=3\ln 3-2% \ln 2-\tfrac{1}{3}\pi\sqrt{3}.$

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Symbols:: $\gamma$ : Euler’s constant, $\pi$ : the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\psi\left(\NVar{z}\right)$ : psi (or digamma) function and $\ln\NVar{z}$ : principal branch of logarithm function
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§5.19(ii) Mellin–Barnes Integrals

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Keywords:: Mellin–Barnes integrals
Referenced by:: §35.8(v)
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Many special functions can be represented as a Mellin–Barnes integral, that is, an integral of a product of gamma functions, reciprocals of gamma functions, and a power of , the integration contour being doubly-infinite and eventually parallel to the imaginary axis at both ends. The left-hand side of (5.13.1) is a typical example. By translating the contour parallel to itself and summing the residues of the integrand, asymptotic expansions of for large , or small , can be obtained complete with an integral representation of the error term. For further information and examples see §2.5 and Paris and Kaminski (2001, Chapters 5, 6, and 8).

§5.19(iii) -Dimensional Sphere

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Keywords:: gamma function, -dimensional sphere
Notes:: See Stein and Shakarchi (2003, pp. 208–209) and Robnik (1980). The formula for can also be verified by setting $t_{k}=(x_{k}/r)^{2}$ and $z_{k}=\tfrac{1}{2},k=1,2,\dots,n$ , in (5.14.1). The formula for can be verified in a similar way from (5.14.2), or derived by differentiating the formula for .
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