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Prime-improved denominator bound for each partial-fraction coefficient

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ZudilinZeta.zudilin_partial_fraction_coefficient_denominators

by tomasz · Oct 1, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

number-theorypartial-fractionszeta-values

Let PPP be admissible, let n>0n>0n>0, and let (cs,k)(c_{s,k})(cs,k​) be any partial-fraction datum for the mission rational function RnR_nRn​, including its factor h0+2th_0+2th0​+2t. For every 1≤s≤S=q−r1\le s\le S=q-r1≤s≤S=q−r and every kkk in the full pole interval,

∏j=s+1SDmjnΦn cs,k∈Z.\frac{\prod_{j=s+1}^{S}D_{m_jn}}{\Phi_n}\,c_{s,k}\in\mathbb Z.Φn​∏j=s+1S​Dmj​n​​cs,k​∈Z.

The product is empty, hence 111, for s=Ss=Ss=S. This is an individual coefficient estimate; it contains no zeta sum or harmonic constant. It packages the elementary-brick arithmetic used in Lemma 19: the rough bound Dm0nS−scs,k∈ZD_{m_0n}^{S-s}c_{s,k}\in\mathbb ZDm0​nS−s​cs,k​∈Z, with m0=max⁡(ηr,η0−2ηr+1)m_0=\max(\eta_r,\eta_0-2\eta_{r+1})m0​=max(ηr​,η0​−2ηr+1​), together with the prime valuation improvement by ϕ(n/p)\phi(n/p)ϕ(n/p). Since mj≥m0m_j\ge m_0mj​≥m0​, the tail lcm product clears the rough denominators; each prime selected in Φn\Phi_nΦn​ occurs once in each tail lcm because p≤mSn≤mjn≤η0n<p2p\le m_Sn\le m_jn\le\eta_0n<p^2p≤mS​n≤mj​n≤η0​n<p2. The prime cutoff here is exactly that of the mission's 2001 note. The normalized local coefficients must be computed after symbolic cancellation of the pole factors.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_ZudilinZetaCoefficientArithmetic
Formal statement
namespace ZudilinZeta

theorem zudilin_partial_fraction_coefficient_denominators (P : Params) (n : ℕ) (hn : 0 < n)
    (d : PartialFractionData P n) :
    ∀ s ∈ Finset.Icc 1 (P.q-P.r), ∀ k ∈ poleRange P n,
      ∃ a : ℤ, tailDenominatorScale P n s * d.coeff s k = (a : ℚ) := by sorry

end ZudilinZeta
Source
W. Zudilin, One of the numbers ζ(5), ζ(7), ζ(9), ζ(11) is irrational, Russian Math. Surveys 56 (2001), pp. 774–775, R_n and Lemma 1, https://www.math.ru.nl/~zudilin/PS/zeta5-11%24.pdf; Arithmetic of linear forms involving odd zeta values, https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0206176, Lemmas 15–19, pp. 27–33, especially (8.10)–(8.12).

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