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Padé Approximations and Irrationality Measures on Values of Confluent Hypergeometric Functions

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Padé approximations are approximations of holomorphic functions by rational functions. The application of Padé approximations to Diophantine approximations has a long history dating back to Hermite. In this paper, we use the Maier–Chudnovsky construction of Padé-type approximation to study irrationality properties about values of functions with the form f(x)=∑k=0∞xkk!(bk+s)(bk+s+1)⋯(bk+t), where b,t,s are positive integers and obtain upper bounds for irrationality measures of their values at nonzero rational points. Important examples includes exponential integral, Gauss error function and Kummer’s confluent hypergeometric functions.

Source: Mathematics

DOI: 10.3390/math12162516

Authors: Jiaxin Hu, Chenglong Yu, Kangyun Zhou

Institutions: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Tsinghua University

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Mathematical Identities

Subfield: Algebra and Number Theory

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,955

Funder: Tsinghua University