A short note on a extended finite secant series

Abstract

In this paper, a summation formula for a general family of a finite secant sum has been extended by making use of a particularly convenient integration contour method. The main theorem derived from this approach is the finite sum involving the Hurwitz-Lerch zeta function. This theorem for particular values is used to derive the finite product of the fifth roots of the quotient product of the gamma function along with finite sums and functional equations involving trigonometric functions.

Keywords

• hurwitz-lerch zeta function
• secant function
• gamma function