“Q-ANALOGUE OF THE APÉRY’S CONSTANT” (Review)

Alicia María Centurión-Fajardo; Nancy Céspedes-Trujillo; Eduardo Moreno-Roque

Authors

Alicia María Centurión-Fajardo Universidad de Granma
Nancy Céspedes-Trujillo Universidad de Las Tunas
Eduardo Moreno-Roque Universidad de Granma

Keywords:

Apéry’s constant, Riemann zeta function, q-hypergeometric function

Abstract

In this paper, we give a summary introduction to the Riemann zeta function. We also provide a brief overview of the q-calculus topics which are necessary to understand the main results. Finally, we give some q-representations for the q-analogue of the Apéry’s constant.

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