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On sums of powers of natural numbers

General Mathematics 2024-11-20 v1

Abstract

The problem of finding the sum of a polynomial's values is considered. In particular, for any n3n\geq 3, the explicit formula for the sum of the nnth powers of natural numbers Sn=x=1mxnS_n=\sum_{x=1}^{m}x^{n} is proved: x=1mxn=(1)nm(m+1)(12+i=2nai(m+2)(m+3)...(m+i)),\sum_{x=1}^{m}x^{n}=(-1)^{n}m(m+1)(-\frac{1}{2}+\sum_{i=2}^{n}a_i(m+2)(m+3)...(m+i)), here ai=1i+1k=1i(1)kknk!(ik)!a_i=\frac{1}{i+1}\sum_{k=1}^{i}\frac{(-1)^{k}k^{n}}{k!(i-k)!}, (i=2,3,...,n1)(i=2,3,...,n-1), an=(1)nn+1a_n=\frac{(-1)^n}{n+1}. Note that this formula does not contain Bernoulli numbers.

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@article{arxiv.2411.11859,
  title  = {On sums of powers of natural numbers},
  author = {Eteri Samsonadze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.11859},
  year   = {2024}
}