Alzer, Horst:
The Complete Monotonicity of a Function Studied by Miller and Moskowitz
Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana Serie 9 2 (2009), fasc. n.2, p. 449-452, (English)
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Let $$S(x) = log(1+x) + \int_{0}^{1} \left[ 1 - \left( \frac{1+t}{2} \right) ^{x} \right] \frac{dt}{\log t} \quad \text{and} \quad F(x) = \log 2 - S(x) \,\, (0 < x \in \mathbb{R}).$$ We prove that $F$ is completely monotonic on $(0,\infty)$. This complements a result of Miller and Moskowitz (2006), who proved that $F$ is positive and strictly decreasing on $(0,\infty)$. The sequence $\{ S(k)\}$$(k=1,2,\dots)$ plays a role in information theory.
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