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Identity formula for Sqrt[Pi]

Posted 1 year ago

Hi,

Below is the parametric expression which I came across empirically:

Sqrt[Pi] =(1/(2^j) ((k*Gamma[5 + 2 j] Gamma[ 1 + l] HypergeometricPFQ[{1, 5/2 + j, 3 + j}, {3 + j + l/2, 7/2 + j + l/2}, -1])/ Gamma[6 + 2 j + l] + ((k + m) Gamma[7 + 2 j] Gamma[ 1 + l] HypergeometricPFQ[{1, 7/2 + j, 4 + j}, {4 + j + l/2, 9/2 + j + l/2}, -1])/Gamma[8 + 2 j + l]))/(2^(-5 - 3 j - l) Gamma[ 5 + 2 j] Gamma[ 1 + l] (k HypergeometricPFQRegularized[{1, 5/2 + j, 3 + j}, {3 + j + l/2, 7/2 + j + l/2}, -1] + 1/2 (3 + j) (5 + 2 j) (k + m) HypergeometricPFQRegularized[{1, 7/2 + j, 4 + j}, {4 + j + l/2, 9/2 + j + l/2}, -1]))

It seems to be true for arbitrary j,k,l,m parameters, where j, k, l and m are signed integers.

For all tried specific sets of {j,k,l,m} above identity was confirmed by both Mathematica based WolframAlpha and Maple.
Could this be simplified?

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When ever something, you write down, evaluates to Sqrt[Pi] it comes from an integral over a full circle squared. Since you have Gamma functions, there is always a

Sqrt[Pi] =Gamma[1/2]

around.

Best example`

(Integrate[Exp[-x^2],{x,-Infinity, Infinity}])^2 == Pi

This can be demonstrated by the fact, that the product of two integrals equals the Integral of the product with two different variables

Integrate[Exp[-x^2-y^2]  , {x,-oo,oo}, {y,-oo,oo}] == 
  Integrate[Exp[-r^2] r {r, 0, oo}] 2 Pi  ==  Integrate[Exp[-u] ,{u, 0, oo}] Pi

If you find an identity for Pi or sqrt Pi, its an identiy in the integers. where the transcendent is as factor, mostly stemming from integrals over circles in the complex plane.

POSTED BY: Roland Franzius

Enno resent his proof with more comments and details

5-10-2023
Is this an approach for irrational roots of transcendental number estimations?
It is interesting also because one always wonders if we have accounted for all numbers in the continuum.
There have been so many surprises over the millennia.

Here is the processing of the expression (which I came across empirically) sent to me by Enno Diekema
Alexander R. Povolotsky

FullSimplify[(1/(2^
       j) ((k*Gamma[5 + 2 j] Gamma[
          1 + l] HypergeometricPFQ[{1, 5/2 + j, 3 + j}, {3 + j + l/2, 
           7/2 + j + l/2}, -1])/
       Gamma[6 + 2 j + 
         l] + ((k + m) Gamma[7 + 2 j] Gamma[
          1 + l] HypergeometricPFQ[{1, 7/2 + j, 4 + j}, {4 + j + l/2, 
           9/2 + j + l/2}, -1])/Gamma[8 + 2 j + l]))/(2^(-5 - 3 j - 
       l) Gamma[5 + 2 j] Gamma[
     1 + l] (k HypergeometricPFQRegularized[{1, 5/2 + j, 
         3 + j}, {3 + j + l/2, 7/2 + j + l/2}, -1] + 
      1/2 (3 + j) (5 + 2 j) (k + m) HypergeometricPFQRegularized[{1, 
         7/2 + j, 4 + j}, {4 + j + l/2, 9/2 + j + l/2}, -1])),
 {j \[Element] Integers, k \[Element] Integers, 
  l \[Element] Integers, m \[Element] Integers}]

returns Sqrt[Pi], so your hypothesis seems to be confirmed by Mathematica. I'm not sure it's easy to produce a sequence of simplifying steps to "prove" that for humans.

POSTED BY: Victor K
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