On Taylor coefficients of analytic function related with Euler number

A. B. Kostin   ; V. B. Sherstyukov

Ufa mathematical journal, Tome 14 (2022) no. 3, pp. 70-85

Résumé

We consider a classical construction of second remarkable limit. We pose a question on asymptotically sharp description of the character of such approximation of the number $e$. In view of this we need the information on behavior of the coefficients in the power expansion for the function $f(x)=e^{-1}\,(1+x)^{1/x}$ converging in the interval $-1$. We obtain a recurrent rule regulating the forming of the mentioned coefficients. We show that the coefficients form a sign-alternating sequence of rational numbers $(-1)^n\,a_n$, where $n\in\mathbb{N}\cup\{0\}$ and $a_0=1$, the absolute values of which strictly decay. On the base of the Faá di Bruno formula for the derivatives of a composed function we propose a combinatorial way of calculating the numbers $a_n$ as $n\in\mathbb{N}$. The original function $f(x)$ is the restriction of the function $f(z)$ on the real ray $x>-1$ having the same Taylor coefficients and being analytic in the complex plane $\mathbb{C}$ with the cut along $(-\infty,\,-1]$. By the methods of the complex analysis we obtain an integral representation for $a_n$ for each value of the parameter $n\in\mathbb{N}$. We prove that $a_n\rightarrow 1/e$ as $n\rightarrow\infty$ and find the convergence rate of the difference $a_n-1/e$ to zero. We also discuss the issue on choosing the contour in the integral Cauchy formula for calculating the Taylor coefficients $(-1)^n\,a_n$ of the function $f(z)$. We find the exact values of arising in calculations special improper integrals. The results of the made study allows us to give a series of general two-sided estimates for the deviation $e-(1+x)^{1/x}$ consistent with the asymptotics of $f(x)$ as $x\to 0$. We discuss the possibilities of applying the obtained statements.

Détail

Keywords: Euler number, analytic function, integral representation, asymptotic behavior.
Mots-clés : Taylor coefficients, Faà di Bruno formula

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