The radius of convergence of the cotangent-sum moment series

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Let

Hk=1(A1A0)limb+ϕ(b)1b2kA0brA1b(r,b)=1c0(rb)2k,H_k=\frac{1}{(A_1-A_0)}\lim_{b\rightarrow+\infty}\phi(b)^{-1}b^{-2k}\sum_{\substack{A_0b\leq r\leq A_1b \\ (r,b)=1}}c_0\left(\frac{r}{b}\right)^{2k},

where c0(r/b)=m=1b1mbcot(πmrb)c_0(r/b)=-\sum_{m=1}^{b-1}\frac{m}{b}\cot\left(\frac{\pi mr}{b}\right), ϕ\phi is the Euler phi-function, and 1/2<A0<A1<11/2<A_0<A_1<1. Consider the power series

k0Hk(2k)!xk.\sum_{k\geq 0}\frac{H_k}{(2k)!}x^k.

The radius-of-convergence conjecture. The radius of convergence of this series is π2\pi^2. The preceding results establish convergence for a positive range of xx and divergence for x>π2|x|>\pi^2, so the exact radius is the remaining assertion. Determining it would simplify the proof of the distribution of the cotangent sums by enabling the method of moments.

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Helmut Maier and Michael Th. Rassias, “The rate of growth of moments of certain cotangent sums”, arXiv:1411.2187 (2014).

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