In this paper,we shall give a complete structural description of generalizations of the classical Eisenstein formula that expresses the first periodic Bernoulli polynomial as a finite combination of cotangent values,a...In this paper,we shall give a complete structural description of generalizations of the classical Eisenstein formula that expresses the first periodic Bernoulli polynomial as a finite combination of cotangent values,as a relation between two bases of the vector space of periodic Dirichlet series.We shall also determine the limiting behavior of them,giving rise to Gauss' famous closed formula for the values of the digamma function at rational points on the one hand and elucidation of Eisenstein-Wang's formulas in the context of Kubert functions on the other.W shall reveal that most of the relevant previous results are the combinations of the generalized Eisenstein formula and the functional equation.展开更多
基金supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (Grant Nos.SJ08A22,2010JM1009)
文摘In this paper,we shall give a complete structural description of generalizations of the classical Eisenstein formula that expresses the first periodic Bernoulli polynomial as a finite combination of cotangent values,as a relation between two bases of the vector space of periodic Dirichlet series.We shall also determine the limiting behavior of them,giving rise to Gauss' famous closed formula for the values of the digamma function at rational points on the one hand and elucidation of Eisenstein-Wang's formulas in the context of Kubert functions on the other.W shall reveal that most of the relevant previous results are the combinations of the generalized Eisenstein formula and the functional equation.
