New multiple harmonic sum identities (Q405249)

As one of the authors did also elsewhere (\textit{H. Prodinger} [Appl. Anal. Discrete Math. 2, No. 1, 65--68 (2008; Zbl 1273.11034); Integers 8, No. 1, Article A10, 8 p. (2008; Zbl 1162.05004); Util. Math. 83, 291--299 (2010; Zbl 1242.05023)]), this paper uses the partial fraction decomposition, a technique derived from the seminal study on Rice's integrals by \textit{P. Flajolet} and \textit{R. Sedgewick} [Theor. Comput. Sci. 144, No. 1--2, 101--124 (1995; Zbl 0869.68056)], in order to establish three new identities about a class of binomial sums involving the harmonic numbers. Two applications are supplied: the first, to infinite series like the \textit{exotic sums}, recalls the evaluations for Euler sums in terms of zeta values given, e.g., by \textit{P. Flajolet} and \textit{B. Salvy} [Exp. Math. 7, No. 1, 15--35 (1998; Zbl 0920.11061)]; the second application, to congruences, employs the \textit{Wolstenholme's theorem} and results provided by \textit{J. Zhao} [Int. J. Number Theory 4, No. 1, 73-106 (2008; Zbl 1218.11005)] and by \textit{Kh. Hessami Pilehrood} et al. [Int. J. Number Theory 8, No. 7, 1789--1811 (2012; Zbl 1261.11001)], [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 366, No. 6, 3131--3159 (2014; Zbl 1308.11018)]