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Publications and source records attributed to Victor H. Moll.
We present the evaluation of some logarithmic integrals. The integrand contains a rational function with complex poles. The methods are illustrated with examples found in the classical table of integrals by I. S. Gradshteyn and I. M. Ryzhik.
The table of Gradshteyn and Rhyzik contains some trigonometric integrals that can be expressed in terms of the beta function. We describe the evaluation of some of them.
An elementary proof of an entry in the table of integrals by Gradshteyn and Rhyzik is presented.
One of the earliest examples of analytic representations for $π$ is given by an infinite product provided by Wallis in 1655. The modern literature often presents this evaluation based on the integral formula $$ \frac{2}π \int_0^\infty \frac{dx}{(x^2+1)^{n+1}} = \frac{1}{2^{2n}} \binom{2n}{n}. $$ In trying to understand the behavior of this integral when the integrand is replaced by the inverse of a product of distinct quadratic factors, the authors encounter relations to some formulas of Ramanujan, expressions involving Schur functions, and Matsubara sums that have appeared in the context of Feynman diagrams.
A new heuristic method for the evaluation of definite integrals is presented. This method of brackets has its origin in methods developed for the evaluation of Feynman diagrams. The operational rules are described and the method is illustrated with several examples. The method of brackets reduces the evaluation of a large class of definite integrals to the solution of a linear system of equations.
The evaluation of iterated primitives of powers of logarithms is expressed in closed form. The expressions contain polynomials with coefficients given in terms of the harmonic numbers and their generalizations. The logconcavity of these polynomials is established.
The p-adic valuations of a sequence of integers T(n) counting alternating sign matrices is examined for p=2 and p=3. Symmetry properties of their graphs produce a new proof of the result that characterizes the indices for which T(n) is odd.
A new heuristic method for the evaluation of definite integrals is presented. This method of brackets has its origin in methods developed for theevaluation of Feynman diagrams. We describe the operational rules and illustrate the method with several examples. The method of brackets reduces the evaluation of a large class of definite integrals to the solution of a linear system of equations.
A survey of properties of a sequence of coefficients appearing in the evaluation of a quartic definite integral is presented. These properties are of analytical, combinatorial and number-theoretical nature.
The coefficients c(n,k) defined by (1-k^2x)^(-1/k) = sum c(n,k) x^n reduce to the central binomial coefficients for k=2. Motivated by a question of H. Montgomery and H. Shapiro for the case k=3, we prove that c(n,k) are integers and study their divisibility properties.
We provide an explicit formula for the Tornheim double series T(a,0,c) in terms of an integral involving the Hurwitz zeta function. For integer values of the parameters, a=m, c=n, we show that in the most interesting case of even weight N:=m+n the Tornheim sum T(m,0,n) can be expressed in terms of zeta values and the family of integrals % \int_0^1 loggamma(q) B_{k}(q) Cl_{j+1} (2 πq) dq, % with k+j = N, where B_{k}(q) is a Bernoulli polynomial and \Cl_{j+1}(x) is a Clausen function.
We study the action of Hecke operators on the set of hypergeometric functions. We show that the spectrum of these operators is the set of powers n^a and that polylogarithms play a dominant role in the study of the corresponding eigenfunctions. As a corollary, we obtain a characterization of completely multiplicative hypergeometric coefficients.
We present a binary tree that describes the 2-adic valuation of a sequence of coefficients arising from the evaluation of a rational integral.
Many integrals in the classical table by Gradshteyn and Ryzhik can be evaluated in terms of the digamma function (= the logarithmic derivative of the gamma function). Some of them are presented here.
A systematic study of the trigonometric equation A tan a + B sin b = C, where A, B and C^2 are rational numbers. The special case tan Pi/11 + 4 sin 3 Pi/11 = sqrt[11] appears in the classical literature.
Let t[n] be a sequence that satisfies a first order homogeneous recurrence t[n] = Q[n]*t[n-1], where Q is a polynomial with integer coefficients. The asymptotic behavior of the p-adic valuation of t[n] is described under the assumption that all the roots of Q in Z/pZ have nonvanishing derivative.
We present a rational version of the classical Landen transformation for elliptic integrals. This is employed to obtain explicit closed-form expressions for a large class of integrals of even rational functions and to develop an algorithm for the numerical integration of these functions.
The rational Landen transformation is a map on the coefficients of a rational integrand that preserves the value of the integral. This is the rational analog of the classical Landen transformations for elliptic integrals that leads to the arithmetic-geometric mean of Legendre and Gauss. We present the effect of this transformation in the simplest possible case.