Asymptotics of alternating harmonic series with attenuation

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Abstract

We find the asymptotics of the series ∑n=1∞(−1)nn−1exp⁡(−t/n)\sum_{n=1}^\infty (-1)^n n^{-1} \exp(-t/n) as t→+∞t\to+\infty. The answer is an oscillating function of tt dominated by exp⁡(−(2πt)1/2)\exp(-(2πt)^{1/2}). The intermediate step is to find the asymptotics of the two-dimensional Fourier transform F^(ξ)\hat F(ξ) of the function F(x)=(1+exp⁡(∥x∥2))−1F(x)=(1+\exp(\|x\|^2))^{-1} as ∥ξ∥→∞\|ξ\|\to\infty.

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