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arxiv: 1501.05457 · v1 · pith:ZMDZA74Bnew · submitted 2015-01-22 · 🧮 math.NT · math-ph· math.MP

Relation of the cyclotomic equation with the harmonic and derived series

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keywords fracseriescyclotomicequationintegralssomearbitraryassociate
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We associate some (old) convergent series related to definite integrals with the cyclotomic equation $x^m-1= 0$, for several natural numbers $m$; for example, for $m = 3$, $x^3-1 = (x-1)(1+x+x^2)$, leads to $\int_0^1dx\frac{1}{(1+x+x^2)} = \frac{\pi}{(3\sqrt{3})} = (1-\frac{1}{2}) + (\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{5}) + (\frac{1}{7}-\frac{1}{8}) + \ldots$ . In some cases, we express the results in terms of the Dirichlet characters. Generalizations for arbitrary $m$ are well defined, but do imply integrals and/or series summations rather involved.

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