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April 24, 20260 citationsOpen Access

A Pair of Block-Alternating Infinite Products and Their Special Values

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MFMasanori Fujii

Key Points

  • The goal is to explore the properties and special values of two infinite products defined by quadratic rational factors that use a block-alternating sign rule.
  • Defining two-parameter families A(K,d) and B(K,d) using block-alternating infinite products.
  • Investigating special values such as A(1,1), A(1,2), and B(∞, ∞), and analyzing their behavior as parameters approach limits.
  • Identified notable special values, including A(1,1) = π²/8 and B(1, ∞) = 2π / sinh(π).
  • Conditional limits as K and d approach infinity yield expressions related to gamma-function ratios and fundamental constants.

Abstract

We introduce a pair of infinite products defined by quadratic rational factors together with a block-alternating sign rule governed by a floor function. The resulting two-parameter family of products A (K, d) and B (K, d) exhibits several notable special values and boundary limits. In particular, A (1, 1) = π²/8, A (1, 2) = 2G², and A (1, 3) = 3/2, where G = Γ (1/4) ² / (2π^ (3/2) ) ≈ 0. 8346 denotes the Gauss constant. A particularly simple boundary behavior occurs when the block parameter tends to infinity: A (K, ∞) = 2K. In the opposite direction, letting K → ∞ yields limits expressible in terms of gamma-function ratios, including the classical value A (∞, 1) = π/2. The companion product B (K, d), obtained from sum-of-squares factors, forms a natural dual structure and generates exponential constants such as B (∞, ∞) = e^ (-π/2) and B (1, ∞) = 2π / sinh (π). A structurally distinguished fixed point is A (1/2, d) = B (1/2, d) = 1 for all d > 0.

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Masanori Fujii (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69eb0bc7553a5433e34b5648https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19700826
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