Computation and theory of Mordell–Tornheim–Witten sums II

• D.H. Bailey ^[1] ; J.M. Borwein ^[2]
  1. [1] University of California, USA
  2. [2] University of Newcastle, Australia
• Localización: Journal of approximation theory, ISSN 0021-9045, Vol. 197, Nº 1 (September 2015), 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special Issue Dedicated to Dick Askey on the occasion of his 80th birthday), págs. 115-140
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jat.2014.10.004
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  • In Bailey et al. [8] the current authors, along with the late and much-missed Richard Crandall (1947–2012), considered generalized Mordell–Tornheim–Witten (MTW) zeta-function values along with their derivatives, and explored connections with multiple-zeta values (MZVs). This entailed use of symbolic integration, high precision numerical integration, and some interesting combinatorics and special-function theory. The original motivation was to represent objects such as Eulerian log-gamma integrals; and all such integrals were expressed in terms of a MTW basis. Herein, we extend the research envisaged in Bailey et al. [8] by analyzing the relations between a significantly more general class of MTW sums. This has required significantly more subtle scientific computation and concomitant special function theory.