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We give a proof of two identities involving binomial sums at infinity conjectured by Z-W Sun. In order to prove these identities, we use a recently presented method i.e. we view the series as specializations of generating series and derive…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-20 Jakob Ablinger

In 1990, Spie\ss \, gave some identities of harmonic numbers including the types of $\sum_{\ell=1}^n\ell^k H_\ell$, $\sum_{\ell=1}^n\ell^k H_{n-\ell}$ and $\sum_{\ell=1}^n\ell^k H_\ell H_{n-\ell}$. In this paper, we derive several formulas…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-03-22 Takao Komatsu , Rusen Li

In this paper, we mainly prove a congruence conjecture of Z.-W. Sun \cite{Sjnt}: Let $p>5$ be a prime. Then $$ \sum_{k=(p+1)/2}^{p-1}\frac{\binom{2k}k^2}{k16^k}\equiv-\frac{21}2H_{p-1}\pmod{p^4}, $$ where $H_n$ denotes the $n$-th harmonic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Guo-Shuai Mao

In 2022, Z.-W. Sun defined \begin{equation*} w_k^{(\alpha)}{(x)}=\sum_{j=1}^{k}w(k,j)^{\alpha}x^{j-1}, \end{equation*} where $k,\alpha$ are positive integers and $w(k,j)=\frac{1}{j}\binom{k-1}{j-1}\binom{k+j}{j-1}$. Let $(x)_{0}=1$ and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Lin-Yue Li , Rong-Hua Wang

We express some general type of infinite series such as $$ \sum^\infty_{n=1}\frac{F(H_n^{(m)}(z),H_n^{(2m)}(z),\ldots,H_n^{(\ell m)}(z))} {(n+z)^{s_1}(n+1+z)^{s_2}\cdots (n+k-1+z)^{s_k}}, $$ where $F(x_1,\ldots,x_\ell)\in\mathbb…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-09 Kwang-Wu Chen

Via symbolic summation method, we establish the following series for $\pi^2$: \begin{align*} \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{H_k-2H_{2k}}{(-3)^k k} = \frac{\pi^2}{18}, \end{align*} where $H_k=\sum_{j=1}^k 1/j$. We also derive a $p$-adic congruence…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-11 Ji-Cai Liu

Using Euler transformation of series we relate values of Hurwitz zeta function at integer and rational values of arguments to certain rapidly converging series where some generalized harmonic numbers appear. The form of these generalized…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Paweł J. Szabłowski

By applying the derivative operator to the known identities from hypergeometric series or WZ pairs, we obtain seven series associated with harmonic numbers. Specifically, six of them are Ramanujan-like formulas for $1/\pi$ and the remaining…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-11 Qinghu Hou , Haihong He , Xiaoxia Wang

Recently, Dil and Boyadzhiev \cite{AD2015} proved an explicit formula for the sum of multiple harmonic numbers whose indices are the sequence $\left( {{{\left\{ 0 \right\}}_r},1} \right)$. In this paper we show that the sums of multiple…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-24 Ce Xu

We prove and generalize some recent conjectures of Z.-W. Sun on infinite series whose summands involve products of harmonic numbers and several binomial coefficients. We evaluate various classes of infinite sums in closed form by…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Yajun Zhou

In the present paper, we determine the sums $\sum_{j=1}^{p-1}\frac{H_j^{(s_1)}H_j^{(s_3)}}{j^{s_2}}$ and $\sum_{j=1}^{p-1}\frac{H_j^{(s_1)}H_j^{(s_3)}H_j^{(s_4)}}{j^{s_2}}$ modulo $p$ and modulo $p^2$ in certain cases. This is done by using…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-28 Walid Kehila

In terms of the derivative operator and three hypergeometric series identities, several interesting summation formulas involving generalized harmonic numbers are established.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-06-29 Chuanan Wei , Xiaoxia Wang

Sun, in 2022, introduced a conjectured evaluation for a series of convergence rate $\frac{1}{2}$ involving harmonic numbers. We prove both this conjecture and a stronger version of this conjecture, using a summation technique based on a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-04 John M. Campbell

In correspondence with Goldbach, Euler began investigating series of the form $\sum_{k \geq 1} k^{-m}\left(1 + 2^{-n} + \cdots + k^{-n}\right)$, which are known today as Euler sums. For the case where $n=1$ and $m \geq 2$, Euler was able to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Wilson J. Chen , Vincent Nguyen

We present explicit formulas for the following family of parametric binomial sums involving harmonic numbers for $p=0,1,2$ and $|t|\leq1$. $$ \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{H_{k-1}t^k}{k^p\binom{n+k}{k}}\quad \mbox{and}\quad…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Necdet Batir

In this paper, we will give another proof of Zhi-Wei Sun's three conjectures on Ap\'{e}ry-like sums involving harmonic numbers by proving some identities among special values of multiple polylogarithms.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Ce Xu , Jianqiang Zhao

In this paper, we evaluate some series of the form $$\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{ak^2+bk+c}{k(3k-1)(3k-2)m^k\binom{4k}k}.$$ For example, we prove that $$\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{(5k^2-4k+1)8^{k}}{k(3k-1)(3k-2)\binom{4k}k}=\frac{3}2\pi$$ and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-09 Zhi-Wei Sun

We state and prove a general summation identity. The identity is then applied to derive various summation formulas involving the generalized harmonic numbers and related quantities. Interesting results, mostly new, are obtained for both…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-09-01 Kunle Adegoke , Olawanle Layeni

The generalized hyperharmonic numbers $h_n^{(m)}(k)$ are defined by means of the multiple harmonic numbers. We show that the hyperharmonic numbers $h_n^{(m)}(k)$ satisfy certain recurrence relation which allow us to write them in terms of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-22 Ce Xu

This study presents explicit evaluations of the series \begin{equation*} \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{H_{k/n}^{(p)}}{k^q} \quad \text{and} \quad \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^k H_{k/2n}^{(p)}}{k^q}, \quad p,q,n \in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 1},\; q \ne 1,…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Ali Olaikhan