Recurrence Relations for k-Fold Nested Power Sums
Combinatorics
2025-11-21 v1 Number Theory
Abstract
We consider the -nested sum of integer powers, , defined as repeated partial sums of the classical Faulhaber polynomials. We provide an explicit recurrence relation relating to sums of lower power and higher nesting level . This identity is derived from a core algebraic relation on the binomial coefficients that form the kernel of the nested sum's representation. We discuss the relevance to the 2010 paper by S.~Butler and P.~Karasik, ``A Note on Nested Sums'' (JIS, Vol.~13, Article~10.4.4), which studies nested sums of powers of integers that generalize Faulhaber-type sums. We also discuss the equivalence to a related recurrence previously established in the context of hypersums of powers of integers by J.~L.~Cereceda.
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@article{arxiv.2511.15729,
title = {Recurrence Relations for k-Fold Nested Power Sums},
author = {Alexander R. Povolotsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.15729},
year = {2025}
}