The harmonic product of sequences (Q386099)

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    The harmonic product of sequences
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6238397

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      The harmonic product of sequences (English)
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      13 December 2013
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      sequences
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      Euler summation
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      harmonic number
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      harmonic product
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      For a sequence \((a(n))\) of complex numbers, define the sequence \(D(a)(n)\) by NEWLINE\[NEWLINED(a)(n+ 1)= \sum^n_{k=0} (-1)^k{n\choose k}\,a(k+1)\quad\text{for }n\geq 0.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE The harmonic product \(a \times b\) of two complex sequences is defined by \(a \times b= D(D(a)\,D(b))\). Explicitly, one has, in fact, NEWLINE\[NEWLINE(a \times b)(n+1)= \sum_{0\leq j\leq k\neq n} (-1)^{k-j}{n\choose j}\,a(k+1) b(n+1-j)\quad (n\geq 0).NEWLINE\]NEWLINE By using properties of this product, and particularly that \((h \times a)= (a(1)+\cdots+ a(n))/n\), where \(h(n)= 1/n\), the authors deduce in a unitary way certain old and new remarkable harmonic-number identities.
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