Pick-function conjecture for normalized multiple Gamma functions

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Let GnG_n be the multiple Gamma functions of order nn, defined by G1(z)=Γ(z)G_1(z)=\Gamma(z) and the recurrence

Gn+1(z+1)=Gn+1(z)Gn(z),Gn(1)=1,G_{n+1}(z+1)=G_{n+1}(z)G_n(z),\qquad G_n(1)=1,

for z∈Cz\in\mathbb{C} and n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N}. For z∈C∖(−∞,0]z\in\mathbb{C}\setminus(-\infty,0], define

fn(z)=log⁡Gn(z+1)znLog⁡z.f_n(z)=\frac{\log G_n(z+1)}{z^n\operatorname{Log}z}.

Pick-function conjecture. For every n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N}, fnf_n is a Pick function with Stieltjes representation

log⁡Gn(z+1)znLog⁡z=1n!−∫0∞d~n(−t)t+z dt,\frac{\log G_n(z+1)}{z^n\operatorname{Log}z}=\frac{1}{n!}-\int_0^\infty\frac{\tilde d_n(-t)}{t+z}\,dt,

where

d~n(t)={−(−1)n−1Nn(∣t∣)log⁡∣t∣+log⁡∣Gn(t+1)∣tn((log⁡∣t∣)2+π2),t<0,0,t≥0,\tilde d_n(t)=\begin{cases}-\dfrac{(-1)^{n-1}N_n(|t|)\log|t|+\log|G_n(t+1)|}{t^n\bigl((\log|t|)^2+\pi^2\bigr)},&t<0,\\0,&t\geq0,\end{cases}

and, for t>0t>0,

Nn(t)=[t]([t]+1)([t]+2)⋯([t]+n−1)n!.N_n(t)=\frac{[t]([t]+1)([t]+2)\cdots([t]+n-1)}{n!}.

The cases n=1n=1 and n=2n=2 are known: the corresponding functions are Pick functions and their Stieltjes representations have been established. The conjecture asks for the analogous result for all orders nn; establishing it is described as challenging.

References

Primary source

Sourav Das and A. Swaminathan, “Pick Functions Related to the Multiple Gamma Functions of order n”, arXiv:1601.03167 (2016).

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