Continued Fractions and Irrationality Measures for Chowla--Selberg Gamma Quotients

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Main Authors: Cohen, Henri, Zudilin, Wadim
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Zudilin, Wadim
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Zudilin, Wadim
contents We give 39 rapidly convergent continued fractions for Chowla--Selberg gamma quotients, and deduce good irrationality measures for 20 of them, including for $\operatorname{CS}(-3)=(Γ(1/3)/Γ(2/3))^3$, for $a^{1/4}\operatorname{CS}(-4)=a^{1/4}(Γ(1/4)/Γ(3/4))^2$ with $a=12$ and $a=1/5$, and for $\operatorname{CS}(-7)=Γ(1/7)Γ(2/7)Γ(4/7)/(Γ(3/7)Γ(5/7)Γ(6/7))$. These appear to be the first proved and reasonable irrationality measures for gamma quotients.
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spellingShingle Continued Fractions and Irrationality Measures for Chowla--Selberg Gamma Quotients
Cohen, Henri
Zudilin, Wadim
Number Theory
Classical Analysis and ODEs
11F11, 11F67, 11G15, 11J70, 11J82, 33C05, 33C45
We give 39 rapidly convergent continued fractions for Chowla--Selberg gamma quotients, and deduce good irrationality measures for 20 of them, including for $\operatorname{CS}(-3)=(Γ(1/3)/Γ(2/3))^3$, for $a^{1/4}\operatorname{CS}(-4)=a^{1/4}(Γ(1/4)/Γ(3/4))^2$ with $a=12$ and $a=1/5$, and for $\operatorname{CS}(-7)=Γ(1/7)Γ(2/7)Γ(4/7)/(Γ(3/7)Γ(5/7)Γ(6/7))$. These appear to be the first proved and reasonable irrationality measures for gamma quotients.
title Continued Fractions and Irrationality Measures for Chowla--Selberg Gamma Quotients
topic Number Theory
Classical Analysis and ODEs
11F11, 11F67, 11G15, 11J70, 11J82, 33C05, 33C45
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00215