Paper 3, Section I, E

Further Complex Methods | Part II, 2010

Let Γ(z)\Gamma(z) and ζ(z)\zeta(z) denote the gamma and the zeta functions respectively, namely

Γ(z)=0xz1exdx,Rez>0ζ(z)=m=11mz,Rez>1\begin{aligned} &\Gamma(z)=\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{z-1} e^{-x} d x, \quad \operatorname{Re} z>0 \\ &\zeta(z)=\sum_{m=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{m^{z}}, \quad \operatorname{Re} z>1 \end{aligned}

By employing a series expansion of (1ex)2\left(1-e^{-x}\right)^{-2}, prove the following identity

0xz(ex1)2dx=Γ(z+1)[ζ(z)ζ(z+1)],Rez>1\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{x^{z}}{\left(e^{x}-1\right)^{2}} d x=\Gamma(z+1)[\zeta(z)-\zeta(z+1)], \quad \operatorname{Re} z>1

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