Transcendence conjecture for the Upsilon constants

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For n≥−1n\geq -1, define the Upsilon constants by

Υn=∫0+∞1tn(11−e−t−∑k=−1nbktk)e−t dtt.\Upsilon_n = \int_0^{+\infty} \frac{1}{t^n} \left (\frac{1}{1-e^{-t}}- \sum_{k=-1}^{n} b_k t^{k} \right ) \frac{e^{-t} \, dt}{t}.

The Stirling-Ramanujan constants satisfy

Sn=(−1)n+1n!(Υn−rn).S_n= (-1)^{n+1} n! (\Upsilon_n -r_n).

Upsilon transcendence conjecture. Upsilon constants Υn\Upsilon_n are transcendental.

The source states that, for n≥−1n\geq -1, this conjecture is equivalent to the transcendence conjecture for the Stirling-Ramanujan constants, up to the displayed rational-affine relation.

References

Primary source

Vicente Muñoz and Ricardo Perez-Marco, “Stirling-Ramanujan constants are exponential periods”, arXiv:2402.02660 (2026).

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