x ∈ Ψ ∑ x ( x − 2 ) 1 = 1 − γ 1 − B γ A − D π C
Let Ψ is the set consisting of all roots of the digamma function .
Given that A , B , C and D are positive integers satisfying the equation above, find A + B + C + D .
Notation : γ denotes the Euler-Mascheroni constant, γ = n → ∞ lim ( − ln ( n ) + k = 1 ∑ n k 1 ) ≈ 0 . 5 7 7 2 .
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A link to the arxiv.org paper by Mezo, which presents this result, can be found on the Wikipedia page for the digamma function! The Wikipedia entry makes it clear that the paper is about summing roots of the digamma. Wikipedia beats Mathworld this time!
Awesome job!
Here is a relevant paper . It has a derivation of that formula as well as a few other cool ones.
I wonder what other similar formulas we can find for other special functions. I don't think I've seen any like this for the Zeta function, I hope they're out there somewhere.
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Thanks for the link!
Finding a similar formula for the zeta function might be your pathway to proving the Riemann hypothesis ;)
Thanks for teaching something new!
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What an intriguing problem! It required a bit of detective work as I'm not exactly an expert in this field.
There is a useful formula for the digamma function, ψ ( z ) ψ ′ ( z ) − ψ ( z ) = 2 γ − z k = 0 ∑ ∞ a k 2 − a k z 1 where the a k are the zeros of ψ ( z ) . Evaluating this at z = 2 and observing that ψ ( 2 ) = 1 − γ and ψ ′ ( z ) = ∑ n = 0 ∞ ( z + n ) 2 1 so ψ ′ ( 2 ) = 6 π 2 − 1 , we find that the sum we seek comes out to be 1 − γ 1 − 2 γ 2 − 1 2 π 2
so that the answer is 1 8