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Inequalities for Taylor series involving the divisor function
Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, Tome 72 (2022) no. 2, pp. 331-348
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Let $$ T(q)=\sum _{k=1}^\infty d(k) q^k, \quad |q|1, $$ where $d(k)$ denotes the number of positive divisors of the natural number $k$. We present monotonicity properties of functions defined in terms of $T$. More specifically, we prove that $$ H(q) = T(q)- \frac {\log (1-q)}{\log (q)} $$ is strictly increasing on $ (0,1)$, while $$ F(q) = \frac {1-q}{q} H(q) $$ is strictly decreasing on $(0,1)$. These results are then applied to obtain various inequalities, one of which states that the double inequality $$ \alpha \frac {q}{1-q}+\frac {\log (1-q)}{\log (q)} T(q) \beta \frac {q}{1-q}+\frac {\log (1-q)}{\log (q)}, \quad 0
Let $$ T(q)=\sum _{k=1}^\infty d(k) q^k, \quad |q|1, $$ where $d(k)$ denotes the number of positive divisors of the natural number $k$. We present monotonicity properties of functions defined in terms of $T$. More specifically, we prove that $$ H(q) = T(q)- \frac {\log (1-q)}{\log (q)} $$ is strictly increasing on $ (0,1)$, while $$ F(q) = \frac {1-q}{q} H(q) $$ is strictly decreasing on $(0,1)$. These results are then applied to obtain various inequalities, one of which states that the double inequality $$ \alpha \frac {q}{1-q}+\frac {\log (1-q)}{\log (q)} T(q) \beta \frac {q}{1-q}+\frac {\log (1-q)}{\log (q)}, \quad 01, $$ holds with the best possible constant factors $\alpha =\gamma $ and $\beta =1$. Here, $\gamma $ denotes Euler's constant. This refines a result of Salem, who proved the inequalities with $\alpha =\frac 12$ and $\beta =1$.
DOI : 10.21136/CMJ.2021.0464-20
Classification : 11A25, 26D15, 33D05
Keywords: divisor function; infinite series; inequality; monotonicity; $q$-digamma function; Euler's constant 
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Alzer, Horst; Kwong, Man Kam. Inequalities for Taylor series involving the divisor function. Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, Tome 72 (2022) no. 2, pp. 331-348. doi: 10.21136/CMJ.2021.0464-20

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