An Inverse Factorial Series for a General Gamma Ratio and Related Properties of the Nørlund–Bernoulli Polynomials

Abstract

The inverse factorial series expansion for the ratio of products of gamma functions whose arguments are linear functions of the variable is found. A recurrence relation for the coefficients in terms of the Nørlund–Bernoulli polynomials is provided, and the half-plane of convergence is determined. The results obtained naturally supplement a number of previous investigations of the gamma ratios, which began in the 1930-ies. The expansion obtained in this paper plays a crucial role in the study of the behavior of the delta-neutral Fox’s H-function in the neighborhood of its finite singular point. A particular case of the inverse factorial series expansion is used in deriving a possibly new identity for the Nørlund–Bernoulli polynomials.