A note on another approach on power sums

arXiv2208.06751MaRDI QIDQ6407796FDOQ6407796

Authors: José Luis Cereceda 

Publication date: 13 August 2022

Abstract: In this note, we first review the novel approach to power sums put forward recently by Muschielok in arXiv:2207.01935v1, which can be summarized by the formula $S_m^{(a)}(n)=su{m}_k{c}_{mk}ps{i}_k^{(a)}(n)$, where the $c_{mk}$'s are the expansion coefficients and where the basis functions $ps{i}_m^{(a)}(n)$ fulfil the recursive property $ps{i}_m^{(a+1)}(n)=su{m}_{i=1}^{n}ps{i}_m^{(a)}(i)$. Then, we point out a number of supplementary facts concerning the said approach not contemplated explicitly in Muschielok's paper. In particular, we show that, for any given $m$, the values of the $c_{mk}$'s can be obtained by inverting a matrix involving only binomial coefficients. This may be compared with the original approach of Muschielok, where the values of the $c_{mk}$'s can be obtained by inverting a lower triangular matrix involving the Stirling numbers of the first kind. Also, we make a conjecture about the functional form of the coefficients $c_{m,m-k}$.

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