Rohrlich's conjecture on algebraic products of gamma values

Let a1,a2,,ara_1, a_2, \ldots, a_r be rational numbers that are not in {0,1,2,}\{0, -1, -2, \ldots\}. Let DD be a common denominator of the aia_i's. Rohrlich's conjecture. The product

Γ(a1)Γ(a2)Γ(ar)\Gamma(a_1) \Gamma(a_2) \cdots \Gamma(a_r)

is an algebraic multiple of πr/2\pi^{r/2} if and only if, for all m{1,2,,D1}m \in \{1, 2, \ldots, D-1\} relatively prime to DD,

1ir{mai}=r/2,\sum_{1 \leq i \leq r} \{ma_i\} = r/2,

where {x}\{x\} denotes the fractional part of the real xx. The conjecture predicts that algebraic relations among products and quotients of normalized gamma values derive from the functional equation, reflection formula, and multiplication formula for the gamma function; its general status is not established in the source.

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Jean-Paul Allouche, “Paperfolding infinite products and the gamma function”, arXiv:1406.7407 (2014).

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