Harshitha's asymptotic conjectures for alternating trigonometric sums

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Let

S1(k):=∑j=02k−1(−1)jsin⁡2((2j+1)π8k+2),S2(k):=∑j=02k(−1)jsin⁡2((2j+1)π8k+6).S_1(k):=\sum_{j=0}^{2k-1}(-1)^j\sin^2\left(\dfrac{(2j+1)\pi}{8k+2}\right),\qquad S_2(k):=\sum_{j=0}^{2k}(-1)^j\sin^2\left(\dfrac{(2j+1)\pi}{8k+6}\right).

Harshitha's conjectures. The limits satisfy

lim⁡k→∞S1(k)=−12,lim⁡k→∞S2(k)=12.\lim_{k\to\infty}S_1(k)=-\dfrac12,\qquad \lim_{k\to\infty}S_2(k)=\dfrac12.

These are asymptotic evaluations of alternating finite trigonometric sums arising from Ramanujan's theta functions; the supplied text attributes them to the authors of the cited work, but gives no resolution status.

References

Primary source

Bruce C. Berndt, Sun Kim and Alexandru Zaharescu, “Finite trigonometric sums arising from Ramanujan's theta functions”, arXiv:2210.04659 (2022).

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