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Asymptotic of the Landau constants and their relationship with hypergeometric function. (English) Zbl 1188.11077

The Landau constants are defined by \[ G_n=\sum_{m=0}^n\frac{1}{2^{4m}}\binom{2m}{m}^2 \qquad (n=0,1,2,\dots). \] The following classical result is due to Ramanujan (1913): \[ \left(\frac{\Gamma(n+1)}{\Gamma(n+\frac{3}{2})}\right)^2\cdot G_n=\frac{1}{n+1} \cdot{}_ 3F_ {2}(1/2, 1/2, n+1; 1, n+2; 1), \] where \({}_ 3F_ {2}\) is the generalized hypergeometric function.
In the paper under review, the authors deduce other, mostly new, Ramanujan type formulas for the Landau constants involving the terminating and non-terminating hypergeometric series. They also derive the following nice formula for the generating function of the sequence \(G_n:\) \[ \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}G_nx^n=\frac{2}{\pi(1-x)}\int_0^{\pi/2} \frac{d\varphi}{\sqrt{1-x^2\sin^2\varphi}} \qquad (|x|<1). \] Finally, the authors establish several upper and lower bounds as well as asymptotic expansions for \(G_n\) in terms of the digamma and logarithm functions.

MSC:

11Y60 Evaluation of number-theoretic constants
26D15 Inequalities for sums, series and integrals
41A60 Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.)
30B10 Power series (including lacunary series) in one complex variable
33C05 Classical hypergeometric functions, \({}_2F_1\)
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