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Identities between polynomials related to Stirling and harmonic numbers

Number Theory 2024-06-26 v2

Abstract

We consider two types of polynomials Fn(x)=ν=1nν!S2(n,ν)xνF_n (x) = \sum_{\nu=1}^n \nu! S_2(n,\nu) x^\nu and F^n(x)=ν=1nν!S2(n,ν)Hνxν\hat{F}_n (x) = \sum_{\nu=1}^n \nu! S_2(n,\nu) H_\nu x^\nu, where S2(n,ν)S_2(n,\nu) are the Stirling numbers of the second kind and HνH_\nu are the harmonic numbers. We show some properties and relations between these polynomials. Especially, the identity F^n(12)=(n1)/2Fn1(12)\hat{F}_n (-\tfrac{1}{2}) = - (n-1)/2 \cdot F_{n-1} (-\tfrac{1}{2}) is established for even nn, where the values are connected with Genocchi numbers. For odd nn the value of F^n(12)\hat{F}_n (-\tfrac{1}{2}) is given by a convolution of these numbers. Subsequently, we discuss some of these convolutions, which are connected with Miki type convolutions of Bernoulli and Genocchi numbers, and derive some 2-adic valuations of them.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1209.1018,
  title  = {Identities between polynomials related to Stirling and harmonic numbers},
  author = {Bernd C. Kellner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.1018},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

20 pages; extended and final revised version

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