Digamma Function of One Third/Proof 2
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Theorem
- $\map \psi {\dfrac 1 3} = -\gamma - \dfrac 3 2 \ln 3 - \dfrac \pi {2 \sqrt 3}$
Proof
\(\ds \sum_{k \mathop = 1}^{n - 1} \map \psi {\frac k n}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds -\paren {n - 1} \gamma - n \ln n\) | Digamma Additive Formula: Corollary | |||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds \sum_{k \mathop = 1}^{3 - 1} \map \psi {\frac k 3}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds -\paren {3 - 1} \gamma - 3 \ln 3\) | |||||||||||
\(\text {(1)}: \quad\) | \(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds \map \psi {\frac 1 3} + \map \psi {\frac 2 3}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds -2 \gamma - 3 \ln 3\) | ||||||||||
\(\text {(2)}: \quad\) | \(\ds \map \psi {\frac 1 3} - \map \psi {\frac 2 3}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds -\pi \map \cot {\frac \pi 3}\) | Digamma Reflection Formula | ||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds 2 \map \psi {\frac 1 3}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds -2 \gamma - 3 \ln 3 - \pi \map \cot {\frac \pi 3}\) | adding lines $1$ and $2$ | ||||||||||
\(\ds \leadsto \ \ \) | \(\ds \map \psi {\frac 1 3}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds -\gamma - \dfrac 3 2 \ln 3 - \dfrac \pi {2 \sqrt 3}\) | dividing by $2$ and Cotangent of $60 \degrees$ |
$\blacksquare$