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Joshua W. E. Farrell

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Wallis-type products with polynomial exponents and the Dirichlet beta function at negative integers

We develop a methodology for designing infinite products of rational blocks whose exponents are polynomials in the index $k$. Matching power sums of the slot constants through order $n$ forces the Type-$N$ product with binomial exponent $\binom{n+k-2}{n-1}$ to converge to a ratio of Vignéras multiple gamma values $Γ_n$; an analogue finder lifts any Type-1 evaluation to every higher type, and integer combinations of binomial exponents then realise arbitrary integer-valued polynomial exponents, yielding explicit products with exponents $k$, $k^2$, $k^3$, ... for constants such as $π/2$, $\sqrt{2}$, $e^{2K/π}$, and rational multiples of $π^{M!}$ (Part I). As the main application (Part II) we prove that for every positive integer $n$, a finite multiple-gamma template $\mathcal{S}_n$ with generalised Eulerian weights $T(n,k)$ (OEIS A225118) evaluates the Duke-Imamoğlu expression $\mathcal{D}_n = β'(-n) + (\log 4)\,β(-n)$. For odd $n$ this yields a convergent Wallis-Eulerian product for $e^{β'(-n)}$; for even $n$ the raw product diverges. The proof expands the template through the multiple-gamma functional equation, evaluates the quarter-integer coefficients in closed form, and identifies the resulting Eulerian-binomial sums with Duke's polynomials $P_{n+1,\ell}$.

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Generalising the Wallis Product

In 1655, John Wallis whilst at the University of Oxford discovered the famous and beautiful formula for pi, now known as Wallis' Product. Since then, several analogous formulae have been discovered generalising the original. One more modern proof of the Wallis Product and its relatives directly uses the Gamma Function. This short paper will use similar techniques to understand certain related classes of infinite products. Almost all results within this paper are new findings made by myself; when I should be revising or completing assignment work I find myself always going back to this.

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