Higher derivatives of the inverse tangent function and a summation formula involving binomial coefficients

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Authors Jan-David Hardtke

Publication date 21 September 2018

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary functions (26A09) Real polynomials: analytic properties, etc. (26C05)

Abstract: In 2017, O. Deiser and C. Lasser obtained an explicit formula for the $n$-th derivative of the inverse tangent function. We calculate this derivative by a different method based on Fa`a di Bruno's formula. Comparing the two results leads to the following identity for binomial coefficients: ${\displaystyle }$sum_{i=m}^{[n/2]}frac{(-1)^i}{4^i}�inom{i}{m}�inom{n-i}{i}=frac{(-1)^m}{2^n}�inom{n+1}{2m+1},${\displaystyle }$ where $n,minmathbb{N}_0$ and $mleq[n/2]$. As was pointed out to the author by C. Krattenthaler, this formula is a special case of Gauss's formula for the hypergeometric function ${}_2{F}_1$.

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