1. A NOTE ON RECURRENCE FORMULA FOR VALUES OF THE EULER ZETA FUNCTIONS ζE(2n) AT POSITIVE INTEGERS
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H. Y. Lee and Cheon Seoung Ryoo
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General Mathematics ,Recurrence formula ,Open problem ,Mathematical analysis ,Special values ,Riemann zeta function ,Combinatorics ,Arithmetic zeta function ,symbols.namesake ,symbols ,Euler's formula ,Fourier series ,Prime zeta function ,Mathematics - Abstract
The Euler zeta function is defined by ζ E (s)=P ∞n=1(−1) n−1s .The purpose of this paper is to find formulas of the Euler zeta func-tion’s values. In this paper, for s ∈ N we find the recurrence formula ofζ E (2s) using the Fourier series. Also we find the recurrence formula ofP ∞n=1(−1) n−1 (2n−1) 2s−1 , where s ≥ 2(∈ N). 1. IntroductionThe Euler zeta function is defined by ζ E (s) =P ∞n=1(−1) n n s (see [3, 4]). Inthis paper we investigate the recurrence formula of the Euler zeta function fors = 2n with Fourier series. By this result we can find ζ E (2n) for all n ∈ N.For s ∈ C, the Riemann zeta function or the Euler-Riemann zeta function,ζ(s) is defined byζ(s) =X ∞n=1 1n s (s ∈ C), (see [5, 6])which converges when the real part of s is greater than 1. R. Ap´ery provedthat the number ζ(3) is irrational. But it is still an open problem to proveirrationality of ζ(2k +1) for the long time.As well known special values, for any positive even number 2n,ζ(2n) = (−1) n+1 B 2n (2π) 2n 2(2n)!, (see [1])where B
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- 2014