A164655 Numerators of partial sums of Theta(3) = Sum_{j>=1} 1/(2*j-1)^3.
1, 28, 3527, 1213136, 32797547, 43684790932, 96017087247229, 96044168328256, 471956397645187853, 3237597973008257555852, 462561506842656976961, 5628425850334528955928112, 703596058798919360293439483, 18998011529681231695738912916, 463360571051954739540899597748949
Offset: 1
Examples
Rationals Theta(3,n): [1, 28/27, 3527/3375, 1213136/1157625, 32797547/31255875, 43684790932/41601569625, ...].
Links
- R. Ayoub, Euler and the Zeta Function, Am. Math. Monthly 81 (1974) 1067-1086, p. 1070.
- Wolfdieter Lang, Theta(k, n), k-family of rational sequences and limits.
Programs
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Mathematica
r[n_] := Sum[1/(2*j-1)^3, {j, 1, n}]; (* or r[n_] := (PolyGamma[2, n+1/2] - PolyGamma[2, 1/2])/16 // FullSimplify; *) Table[r[n] // Numerator, {n, 1, 15}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 02 2013 *)
Formula
a(n) = numerator(Theta(3,n)) = numerator(Sum_{j=1..n} 1/(2*j-1)^3), n >= 1.
Theta(3,n) = (-Psi(2, 1/2) + Psi(2, n+1/2))/16, n >= 1, where Psi(n, k) = Polygamma(n,k) is the n-th derivative of the digamma function. Psi(2, 1/2) = -14*Zeta(3). - Jean-François Alcover, Dec 02 2013
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