Question about Digamma function and infinite sums

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The discussion centers on the relationship between the Digamma function and infinite sums involving the Riemann zeta function. The user presents a formula for the sum of zeta functions, specifically $$\sum _{n=2}^{\infty }{\frac {\zeta \left( n \right) }{{k}^{n}}}$$ and relates it to the integral $$\int_{0}^{1}\!{\frac {{u}^{k-2}}{\sum _{i=0}^{k-1}{u}^{i}}}\,{\rm d}u$$ for natural numbers k greater than or equal to 2. The user seeks clarification on the validity of the relationship $$-\frac {1}{k} \left( \psi \left( 1-{k}^{-1} \right) +\gamma \right)$$, where the Digamma function is defined as $$\psi(z) = \frac{\Gamma'(z)}{\Gamma(z)}$$ and has various summation forms.

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hi, I'm solving solving a problem about sums of zeta function and I'm come to the following conclusion
$$\sum _{n=2}^{\infty }{\frac {\zeta \left( n \right) }{{k}^{n}}}=
\sum _{s=1}^{\infty } \left( {\it ks} \left( {\it ks}-1 \right)
\right) ^{-1}=\int_{0}^{1}\!{\frac {{u}^{k-2}}{\sum _{i=0}^{k-1}{u}^{i}}}\,{\rm d}u,\: \:\: \: \forall k, \: \:k\geq 2 \: \: and \: \: k\in \mathbb{N}$$

and from wolfram alpha tell me that

$$=-{\frac {1}{k} \left( \psi \left( 1-{k}^{-1} \right) +\gamma \right) }$$
where the ##\psi## is the "zero" digamma function (I don't know how It is said )
I don't know what is that true and I would like someone to show me this relation. thx
 
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The Digamma function is defined as ##\psi(z) = \frac{\Gamma'(z)}{\Gamma(z)}## and has many expressions as sums, one of which is ##\psi(z+1) = -\gamma + \sum \frac{z}{n(n + z)}##
Replace z by -1/k you get
##\psi(1-\frac{1}{k}) = - \gamma + \sum -\frac{\frac{1}{k}}{n(n-\frac{1}{k})}##
##-\frac{1}{k}\psi(1-\frac{1}{k}) = \frac{\gamma}{k} + \sum -\frac{\frac{1}{k}}{n(nk-1)}##
##-\frac{1}{k}\psi(1-\frac{1}{k}) - \frac{\gamma}{k} = \sum -\frac{\frac{1}{k}}{n(nk-1)}##
 
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thierrykauf said:
The Digamma function is defined as ##\psi(z) = \frac{\Gamma'(z)}{\Gamma(z)}## and has many expressions as sums, one of which is ##\psi(z+1) = -\gamma + \sum \frac{z}{n(n + z)}##
Replace z by -1/k you get
##\psi(1-\frac{1}{k}) = - \gamma + \sum -\frac{\frac{1}{k}}{n(n-\frac{1}{k})}##
##-\frac{1}{k}\psi(1-\frac{1}{k}) = \frac{\gamma}{k} + \sum -\frac{\frac{1}{k}}{n(nk-1)}##
##-\frac{1}{k}\psi(1-\frac{1}{k}) - \frac{\gamma}{k} = \sum -\frac{\frac{1}{k}}{n(nk-1)}##
thnx =D
 

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