On Miki's identity for Bernoulli numbers (Q1767657): Difference between revisions

Let \(n \geq 4\), \(\beta_i = B_i/i\) where \(B_i\) is the \(i\)th Bernoulli number and let \(H_n = 1 + 1/2 + \cdots + 1/n\). In 1978 [J. Number Theory 10, 297--302 (1978; Zbl 0379.10007)], \textit{H. Miki} obtained the identity \[ \sum_{i=2}^{n-2} \beta_i \beta_{n-i} - \sum_{i=2}^{n-2} {n \choose i} \beta_i \beta_{n-i} = 2H_n\beta_n \] by showing that the two sides were congruent modulo sufficiently large primes. The author gives a simple proof of a family of identities including this one by deriving in two ways expansions of Stirling numbers \(S(m+n, n)\) of the second kind in ascending powers of \(m\) and comparing coefficients. He indicates that one can prove a common generalization of this identity and one due to \textit{C. Faber} and \textit{R. Pandharipande} [Invent. Math. 139, 173--199 (2000; Zbl 0960.14031)]: \[ {n \over 2}\sum_{i=2}^{n-2} {{B_i({1 \over 2})}\over i} {{B_{n-i}({1 \over 2})}\over{n-i}} - \sum_{i=0}^{n-2} {n \choose i} B_i \biggl({1 \over 2}\biggr)\beta_{n-i} = H_{n-1}B_n\biggl({1 \over 2}\biggr) \] where \(B_n(\lambda)\) is a Bernoulli polynomial.