Generalized Harmonic Numbers
Abstract
This paper presents new formulae for the harmonic numbers of order , , and for the partial sums of two Fourier series associated with them, denoted here by and . I believe this new formula for is an improvement over the digamma function, , because it's simpler and it stems from Faulhaber's formula, which provides a closed-form for the sum of powers of the first positive integers. We demonstrate how to create an exact power series for the harmonic numbers, a new integral representation for and a new generating function for , among many other original results. The approaches and formulae discussed here are entirely different from solutions available in the literature.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1810.07877,
title = {Generalized Harmonic Numbers},
author = {Jose Risomar Sousa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.07877},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
35 pages. Set the grammar to academic standards and fixed cut-off formulas