大学数学-digamma函数.pdf

SCIENTIA Series A: Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 17 (2009), 45–66 Universidad T´ecnica Federico Santa Mar´ıa Valpara´ıso, Chile ISSN 0716-8446 c Universidad T´ecnica Federico Santa Mar´ıa 2009 The integrals in Gradshteyn and Ryzhik. Part 10: The digamma function Luis A. Medina and Victor H. Moll Abstract. The table of Gradshteyn and Rhyzik contains some integrals that can be expressed in terms of the digamma function (x) = d log Γ(x). In this note dx we present some of these evaluations. 1. Introduction The table of integrals [2] contains a large variety of definite integrals that involve the digamma function ′ d Γ (x) (1.1) (x) = log Γ(x) = . dx Γ(x) Here Γ(x) is the gamma function defined by (1.2) Γ(x) = 0 ∞ tx−1e−t dt. Many of the analytic properties can be derived from those of Γ(x). The next theorem represents a collection of the important properties of Γ(x) that are used in the current paper. The reader will find in [1] detailed proofs. Theorem 1.1. The gamma function satisfies: a) the functional equation (1.3) Γ(x + 1) = xΓ(x). b) For n ∈ N, the interpolation formula Γ(n) = (n − 1)!. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 33. Key words and phrases. Integrals, Digamma function. The second author wishes to acknowledge the partial support of NSF-DMS 0409968. The first author was par