Discussion of power-sum polynomials

DOI10.1007/S000170050041MaRDI QIDQ1266953zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dietmar Treiber

Publication date 11 January 1999

Published in Elemente der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s000170050041

zbMATH Keywords

Bernoulli numberspower-sum polynomialrecursion formulasroots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Bernoulli and Euler numbers and polynomials (11B68)

Review text

Let \[ P_n(x)= {1\over n} \sum^{n-1}_{i=0} {n\choose i} B_ix^{n-i}, \] where \(B_0\), \(B_1, \dots\) are the Bernoulli numbers. It is well known that for \(x=2,3, \dots\) \[ P_n(x)= \sum^{x-1}_{i=1} i^{n-1}, \] i.e., \(P_n(x)\) is the power-sum polynomial. The author proves elementary properties (recursion formulas, symmetries, roots) of these polynomials in an elementary way which is helpful for the promotion of gifted pupils.

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