Asymptotic expansions for the psi function and the Euler-Mascheroni constant

JOURNAL OF NUMBER THEORY

卷:180

Article

Xu, Aimin¹  Cen, Zhongdi¹ 

[1] Zhejiang Wanli Univ, Inst Math, Ningbo 315100, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

关键词: Psi function;    Euler-Mascheroni constant;    Asymptotic expansion;    Cycle indicator polynomial;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jnt.2017.04.014

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Let r not equal 0 and s not equal 0 be two given real numbers. Chen [7] (2016) obtained recursive relation for determining the coefficients a(j)(r, s) such that psi(x + 1) similar to lnx + (1-1/r) 1/x + 1/s ln (1+ Sigma(infinity)(j=1) a(j) (r, s)/x(i), x -> infinity, where psi denotes the psi function. As a consequence, the asymptotic expansion for the Euler-Mascheroni constant was derived. In this paper, we provide an explicit formula for these coefficients in terms of the cycle indicator polynomial of symmetric group which is an important tool in enumerative combinatorics. Also using this tool, we directly obtain an alternative form of the recursive relation for determining the coefficients a(j) (r, s). Furthermore we describe their asymptotic behavior for the special case r = 2. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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