Lambert summation method
A summation method for summing series of complex numbers which assigns a sum to certain divergent series as well as those which are convrgent in the usual sense]]. The series is summable by Lambert's method to the number A if \lim_{y \downto 0} F(y) = A where F(y) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n \frac{n y \exp(-ny)}{1-exp(-ny)} for y>0, if the series on the right-hand side converges. The method was proposed by J.H. Lambert [1]. The summability of a series by the Cesàro summation method (C,k) for some k > -1 (cf. Cesàro summation methods) to the sum A implies its summability by the Lambert method to the same sum, and if the series is summable by the Lambert method to the sum A, then it is also summable by the Abel summation method to the same sum.
References
[1] | J.H. Lambert, "Anlage zur Architektonik" , 2 , Riga (1771) |
[2] | G.H. Hardy, "Divergent series" , Clarendon Press (1949) |
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