Granath's sign conjecture for truncation errors of the Landau constants expansion

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Let GnG_n be the Landau constants, let N=n+1N=n+1, and write the asymptotic expansion

πGn∼ln⁡(16N)+γ+∑k=1∞αkNk\pi G_n\sim \ln(16N)+\gamma+\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\alpha_k}{N^k}

with truncations

Al(N)=ln⁡(16N)+γ+∑k=1lαkNk.A_l(N)=\ln(16N)+\gamma+\sum_{k=1}^{l}\frac{\alpha_k}{N^k}.

Granath's conjecture. It holds that

(−1)l(l+1)2(πGn−Al(N))<0(-1)^{\frac{l(l+1)}{2}}\left(\pi G_n-A_l(N)\right)<0

for all n=0,1,2,…n=0,1,2,\ldots and l=0,1,2,…l=0,1,2,\ldots. This is equivalent to the sign rule for the truncation error εl(N)=πGn−Al(N)\varepsilon_l(N)=\pi G_n-A_l(N). The conjecture gives optimal alternating one-sided bounds of every order for the Landau constants. The paper proves this conjecture, while earlier work had established only several low-order bounds and Granath had proposed the general pattern from numerical evidence.

References

Primary source

Chun-Ru Zhao, Wen-Gao Long and Yu-Qiu Zhao, “Proof of a conjecture of Granath on optimal bounds of the Landau constants”, arXiv:1505.00304 (2016).

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