Is the following sum a part of any known generalized function?

  • #1
tworitdash
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I have a sum that looks like the following:

## \sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} \left( \frac{A}{A + k} \right)^{\eta} \frac{z^k}{k!} ##

Here, [itex]A[/itex] is positive real.

If [itex]\eta[/itex] is an integer, this can be written as:

## \sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} \left( \frac{A(A +1)(A+2) \cdots (A + k - 1)}{(A + 1)(A+2)(A+3) \cdots (A + k)} \right)^{\eta} \frac{z^k}{k!} ##

This is known to be a generalized hypergeometric function with [itex]\eta[/itex] number of argument of type 1 and type 2 as well.

## \sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} \left( \frac{A(A +1)(A+2) \cdots (A + k - 1)}{(A + 1)(A+2)(A+3) \cdots (A + k)} \right)^{\eta} \frac{z^k}{k!} = _{\eta}F_{\eta} \left( A, A, A, ..., A; A+1, A+1, A+1, ... , A+1; z \right) ##

However, this is possible because [itex]\eta[/itex] is an integer. Can I approximate it to a nice form when it is not an integer? Or, can we determine where this infinite sum converges with some techniques?
 
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The radius of convergence is given by [tex]
\lim_{k \to \infty} \left| \frac{\left(\frac{A}{A + k}\right)^\eta\frac{1}{k!}}{\left(\frac{A}{A + k + 1}\right)^\eta\frac{1}{(k+1)!}} \right| = \lim_{k \to \infty} \left|\left(1 + \frac{1}{A + k}\right)^{\eta}(k+1)\right| = \infty.[/tex]
 
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  • #3
pasmith said:
The radius of convergence is given by [tex] \lim_{k \to \infty} \left| \frac{\left(\frac{A}{A + k}\right)^\eta\frac{1}{k!}}{\left(\frac{A}{A + k + 1}\right)^\eta\frac{1}{(k+1)!}} \right| = \lim_{k \to \infty} \left|\left(1 + \frac{1}{A + k}\right)^{\eta}(k+1)\right| = \infty.[/tex]
So, it is an absolutely converging function. That I get it as well. Is there a possibility to get an asymptotic value of this sum for non-integer [itex] \eta [/itex], as a function of [itex] \eta [/itex], and [itex] A [/itex]?
 

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