Mersenne Binomials and the Coefficients of the non-associative Exponential

Publication date: 17 February 2005

Abstract: The non-associative exponential series

e x p (x)

is a power series with monomials from the magma

M

of finite, planar rooted trees. The coefficient

a (t)

of

e x p (x)

relative to a tree

t

of degree

n

is a rational number and it is shown that

hat{a}(t) := frac{a(t)}{2^{n-1}cdot prod^{n-1}_{i=1}(2^i - 1)}

is an integer which is a product of Mersenne binomials. One obtains summation formulas

sum hat{a}(t) = omega(n)

where the sum is extended over all trees

t

in

M

of degree

n

and

omega(n) = frac{2^{n-1}}{n!} prod^{n-1}_{i=1} (2^i - 1).

The prime factorization of

o m e g a (n)

is described. The sequence

(o m e g a (n))_{n g e 1}

seems to be of interest.

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