Explicit and asymptotic formulae for Vasyunin-cotangent sums

Abstract

For coprime numbers p and q, we consider the Vasyunin-cotangent sum V(q, p)= ?p?1 k=1 {kq/p} cot (?k/p). First, we prove explicit formula for the symmetric sum V(p,q)+ V(q,p) which is a new reciprocity law for the sums above. This formula can be seen as a complement to the Bettin-Conrey result [13, Theorem 1]. Second, we establish an asymptotic formula for V(p,q). Finally, by use of continued fraction theory, we give a formula for V(p,q) in terms of continued fraction of p/q.

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