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Factorization of and Determinant Expressions for the Hypersums of Powers of Integers

Number Theory 2011-04-27 v3

Abstract

We derive a compact determinant formula for calculating and factorizing the hypersum polynomials S^{(L)}_k(N) \equiv \sum_{n_1=1}^N ...\sum_{n_{L+1}=1}^{n_{L}}(n_{L+1})^k expressed in the variable N(N+L+1)

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@article{arxiv.1104.4332,
  title  = {Factorization of and Determinant Expressions for the Hypersums of Powers of Integers},
  author = {Jerome Malenfant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.4332},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Corrected a minor typo in eq.(4), (thanks to Dr. Akos Pinter for pointing this out); 35 pages