Herglotz–Zagier function

In mathematics, the Herglotz–Zagier function, named after Gustav Herglotz and Don Zagier, is the function

\( F(x)= \sum^{\infty}_{n=1} \left\{\frac{\Gamma^{\prime}(nx)}{\Gamma (nx)} -\log (nx)\right\} \frac{1}{n}. \)

introduced by Zagier (1975) who used to obtain a Kronecker limit formula for real quadratic fields.

Herglotz, Gustav

References

Herglotz, G. (1923), Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Königlich-Sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, Mathematisch-Physische Klasse 75: 3–14
Masri, Riad (2004), "The Herglotz–Zagier function, double zeta functions, and values of L-series", Journal of Number Theory 106 (2): 219–237, doi:10.1016/j.jnt.2004.01.004, ISSN 0022-314X, MR2059072
Zagier, Don (1975), "A Kronecker limit formula for real quadratic fields", Mathematische Annalen 213: 153–184, doi:10.1007/BF01343950, ISSN 0025-5831, MR0366877

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