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arxiv: 1004.0519 · v1 · submitted 2010-04-04 · 🧮 math-ph · cond-mat.other· hep-ph· math.CA· math.MP

Dickman polylogarithms and their constants

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keywords alphadickmanpolylogarithmsconstantsfunctiongammaasymptoticbehaviour
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The Dickman function F(alpha) gives the asymptotic probability that a large integer N has no prime divisor exceeding N^alpha. It is given by a finite sum of generalized polylogarithms defined by the exquisite recursion L_k(alpha)=- int_alpha^{1/k} dx L_{k-1}(x/(1-x))/x with L_0(alpha)=1. The behaviour of these Dickman polylogarithms as alpha tends to 0 defines an intriguing series of constants, C_k. I conjecture that exp(gamma z)/Gamma(1-z) is the generating function for sum_{k\ge0} C_k z^k. I obtain high-precision evaluations of F(1/k), for integers k<11, and compare the Dickman problem with problems in condensed matter physics and quantum field theory.

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