The AVV conjecture on Ramanujan's gamma-function remainder

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Let Γ\Gamma denote Euler's gamma function and define, for x>0x>0, G(x)G(x) and H(x)H(x) by

G(x)=(ex)xΓ(1+x)π.G(x)=\left(\frac{e}{x}\right)^x\frac{\Gamma(1+x)}{\sqrt{\pi}}. H(x)=G(x)6−8x3−4x2−x=θx30.H(x)=G(x)^6-8x^3-4x^2-x=\frac{\theta_x}{30}.

AVV conjecture. The function HH is increasing from (1,∞)(1,\infty) into (1/100,1/30)(1/100,1/30). This conjecture is attributed to the authors' earlier work and is motivated by Ramanujan's recorded approximation; its resolution is not given in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

G. D. Anderson and M. Vuorinen, “Reflections on Ramanujan's Mathematical Gems”, arXiv:1006.5092 (2010).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2007–2010). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:0712.3856.

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