Applications of the classical umbral calculus

DOI10.1007/S00012-003-1813-5MaRDI QIDQ2496174zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ira M. Gessel

Publication date 12 July 2006

Published in Algebra Universalis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0108121

zbMATH Keywords

Bell numberBernoulli numberbilinear generating functionCharlier polynomialexponential generating functionHermite polynomialKummer congruence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Combinatorial identities, bijective combinatorics (05A19) Umbral calculus (05A40) Binomial coefficients; factorials; (q)-identities (11B65) Bernoulli and Euler numbers and polynomials (11B68) Bell and Stirling numbers (11B73)

Abstract: We describe applications of the classical umbral calculus to bilinear generating functions for polynomial sequences, identities for Bernoulli and related numbers, and Kummer congruences.

Review text

In the nineteenth century, Blissard developed a notation for manipulating sums involving binomial coefficients by expanding polynomials and then replacing exponents with subscripts. Blissard's notation has been known as the umbral calculus. The goal of the paper is to show, by numerous examples, how the umbral calculus can be used to prove interesting formulas not as easily proved by other methods. The applications are in three general areas: bilinear generating functions, identities for Bernoulli numbers and congruences for sequences such as Euler and Bell numbers.

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