Higher derivatives of the inverse tangent function and a summation formula involving binomial coefficients
Classical Analysis and ODEs
2018-10-22 v2
Abstract
In 2017, O. Deiser and C. Lasser obtained an explicit formula for the -th derivative of the inverse tangent function. We calculate this derivative by a different method based on Fa\`a di Bruno's formula. Comparing the two results leads to the following identity for binomial coefficients: where and . As was pointed out to the author by C. Krattenthaler, this formula is a special case of Gau\ss's formula for the hypergeometric function .
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@article{arxiv.1809.08184,
title = {Higher derivatives of the inverse tangent function and a summation formula involving binomial coefficients},
author = {Jan-David Hardtke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.08184},
year = {2018}
}
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8 pages