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We consider among the Irwin series (1916) those which are the sums of the reciprocals of the integers having k occurrences of a given digit d (in an arbitrary base b). We formulate them as log-like integrals against suitable measures on the unit interval. This leads to representations as geometrically convergent alternating series. The alternating series involve the moments of these measures. The measures converge for k→∞ to the Lebesgue measure (up to a factor b). This puts Fahri theorem (2008) about blog b being the limit of the Irwin sums for k→∞ in a new light. The moments obey linear recurrences. This allows evaluating them numerically hence the Irwin sums in a straightforward manner.
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