{"paper":{"title":"On Louchard's Asymptotic Series","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["math.NT"],"primary_cat":"math.CO","authors_text":"Michael E. Hoffman","submitted_at":"2017-10-10T12:15:31Z","abstract_excerpt":"Recently G. Louchard obtained an asymptotic series $\\sum_{j=0}^\\infty\\frac{I_j}{n^j}$ for the integral $\\int_0^1[x^n+(1-x)^n]^{\\frac1n}dx$ as $n\\to\\infty$, and computed $I_j$ for $j\\le 5$ in terms of values of the Riemann zeta function. An interesting feature of the computation is that the $I_j$ are first obtained in terms of alternating multiple zeta values, but then everything except products of ordinary zeta values cancels out. We obtain similar formulas for $I_n$, $6\\le n\\le 9$, and conjecture a general formula for $I_n$ in terms of alternating multiple zeta values. We also conjecture that"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1710.03528","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}