Inequalities for the Lambert series

Abstract The classical Lambert series is given by $$ L(x)= \sum _{\nu =1}^\infty \frac{x^{\nu }}{1-x^{\nu }}, \quad |x|&lt;1. $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:munderover> <mml:mo>∑</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>∞</mml:mi> </mml:munderover> <mml:mfrac> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfrac> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> We prove that the function $$t\mapsto L(1-e^{-t})$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mo>↦</mml:mo> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> is strictly convex and strictly log-concave on $$[0,\infty )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>∞</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . Moreover, we use these results to deduce some functional inequalities for the Lambert series.

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The Ramanujan Journal
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2026-04-10
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-026-01365-x
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Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics
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Inequalities for the Lambert series

Hans Volkmer, Horst Alzer
The Ramanujan Journal
Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics
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Inequalities for the Lambert series

Hans Volkmer, Horst Alzer
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Abstract The classical Lambert series is given by $$ L(x)= \sum _{\nu =1}^\infty \frac{x^{\nu }}{1-x^{\nu }}, \quad |x|&lt;1. $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:munderover> <mml:mo>∑</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>∞</mml:mi> </mml:munderover> <mml:mfrac> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfrac> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mspace/> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&lt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> We prove that the function $$t\mapsto L(1-e^{-t})$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mo>↦</mml:mo> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> is strictly convex and strictly log-concave on $$[0,\infty )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>[</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mi>∞</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . Moreover, we use these results to deduce some functional inequalities for the Lambert series.

The Ramanujan JournalVol. 70(1)
MorphoSys (Germany) (DE), University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (US)
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Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics
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