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On Touchard's Identity: Generalizations and Related Results

Combinatorics 2026-03-03 v3 Number Theory

Abstract

Starting with a known polynomial identity, we derive two generalizations of Touchard's identity concerning Catalan numbers; one obtained using the Beta function and the other via a connection with Stirling numbers of the second kind. We subsequently establish several new combinatorial identities.

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@article{arxiv.2602.10558,
  title  = {On Touchard's Identity: Generalizations and Related Results},
  author = {Kunle Adegoke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.10558},
  year   = {2026}
}

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15 pages, no figures or tables