Related papers: Sum of cubes: Old proofs suggest new q-analogues

We present new combinatorial proofs of Nicomachus's Theorem for the sum of the third powers of the first n natural numbers. The key step is that we define a 4-dimensional block which comprises unit hyper-cubes. In our first proof we…

We give a q-analogue of Gauss' divisibility theorem

Following an idea due to J. Bernoulli, we explore the q-analogue of the sums of powers of consecutive integers.

We establish a $q$-analogue of Sun--Zhao's congruence on harmonic sums. Based on this $q$-congruence and a $q$-series identity, we prove a congruence conjecture on sums of central $q$-binomial coefficients, which was recently proposed by…

In this work, the q-analogue of Bernoulli inequality is proved. Some other related results are presented.

Recent results about sums of cubes of Fibonacci numbers [Frontczak, 2018] are extended to arbitrary powers.

We give the q-analogue of the sums of the n-th powers of positive integers up to k-1.

A recent paper of A. Sofo proves some results about sums of products of quadratic alternating harmonic numbers and reciprocal binomial coefficients. In this paper, we extend his result to cubic alternating harmonic number sums and develop…

A few years ago, the concept of a D-analogue was introduced as a Dirichlet series analogue for the already known and well researched hypergeometric q-series. The D-analogue of the q-Dixon sum is given here, in the context of seeing a direct…

We settle the existence of certain "anti-magic" cubes using combinatorial block designs and graph decompositions to align a handful of small examples.

In this paper, we establish a q-analog of partial fraction decomposition formula. By using formula, we develop new closed form representations of sums of q-harmonic numbers and reciprocal q-binomial coefficients. Moreover, we give explicit…

We prove some symmetric $q$-congruences.

This note gives a simple approach to q-analogues of some results associated with Abel polynomials.

Based on a $q$-congruence of the author and Petrov, we set up a $q$-analogue of Sun--Tauraso's congruence for sums of Catalan numbers, which extends a $q$-congruence due to Tauraso.

We give q-analogues of Wilson's theorem for the primes congruent 1 and 3 modulo 4 respectively. And q-analogues of two congruences due to Mordell and Chowla are also established.

In this paper we establish a $q$-analogue of a congruence of Sun concerning the products of binomial coefficients modulo the square of a prime.

In this paper we shall evaluate two alternating sums of binomial coefficients by a combinatorial argument. Moreover, by combining the same combinatorial idea with partition theoretic techniques, we provide $q$-analogues involving the…

A new $q$-analogue of Appell polynomial sequences and their generalizations are introduced and their main characterizations are proved. As consequences new $q$-analogue of Bernoulli and Euler polynomials and numbers is introduced, their…

Inequalities for exponential sums are studied. Our results improve an old result of G. Halasz and a recent result of G. Kos. We prove several other essentially sharp related results in this paper.

Inspired by the fact that the sum of the cubes of the first $n$ naturals is equal to the square of their sum, we explore, for each $n$, the Diophantine equation representing all non-trivial sets of $n$ integers with this property. We find…