Fairly Impossible#3(last one ,phew!)

Calculus Level 3

n = 1 Γ ( n 1 2 ) Γ ( n + 1 ) ( ψ ( n 1 2 ) ψ ( n + 1 ) ) = a π ln b \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\Gamma \left(n-\frac{1}{2} \right)}{\Gamma(n+1)}\left(\psi \left(n-\frac{1}{2} \right)-\psi(n+1)\right)=-a\sqrt\pi \ln b

Find a + b a+b .


The answer is 6.

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1 solution

Aruna Yumlembam
Jun 28, 2020

You would be grossly disappointed about this explanation if you hadn't seen the discussion "on the iterated properties of Beta Function".Since, Γ ( x + y ) Γ ( y + 1 ) Γ ( x ) Γ ( y ) n = 1 Γ ( x + n 1 ) Γ ( x + y + n ) ( ψ ( x + n 1 ) ψ ( x + y + n ) ) = ψ ( x ) ψ ( x + y ) \frac{\Gamma(x+y)\Gamma(y+1)}{\Gamma(x)\Gamma(y)}\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\Gamma(x+n-1)}{\Gamma(x+y+n)}(\psi(x+n-1)-\psi(x+y+n))= \psi(x)-\psi(x+y) .Then simply letting x = 1 / 2 , y = 1 / 2 x=1/2,y=1/2 we have,

Γ ( 1 ) Γ ( 3 / 2 ) Γ ( 1 / 2 ) Γ ( 1 / 2 ) n = 1 Γ ( n 1 / 2 ) Γ ( n + 1 ) ( ψ ( n 1 / 2 ) ψ ( 1 + n ) ) = ψ ( 1 / 2 ) ψ ( 1 ) \frac{\Gamma(1)\Gamma(3/2)}{\Gamma(1/2)\Gamma(1/2)}\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\Gamma(n-1/2)}{\Gamma(n+1)}(\psi(n-1/2)-\psi(1+n))=\psi(1/2)-\psi(1) Since ψ ( 1 / 2 ) = 2 ln 2 γ , Γ ( 1 / 2 ) = π a n d ψ ( 1 ) = γ \psi(1/2)=-2\ln 2-\gamma,\Gamma(1/2)=\sqrt\pi and\psi(1)=-\gamma .Then multiplying both sides by π Γ ( 3 / 2 ) \frac{\pi}{\Gamma(3/2)} and simplifying we have

n = 1 Γ ( n 1 / 2 ) Γ ( n + 1 ) ( ψ ( n 1 / 2 ) ψ ( 1 + n ) ) = 4 π ln 2 \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\Gamma(n-1/2)}{\Gamma(n+1)}(\psi(n-1/2)-\psi(1+n))=-4\sqrt\pi\ln 2 .Hence a=4 and b=2 ,a+b=6 .Sorry for complexity.

Plus don't you just love it ,at one side is this huge disappointing sum but the answer is sooo elegant,to me mathematics should be like that.

Aruna Yumlembam - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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