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| author | Pan, Ende Xu, Ce |
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| contents | Recently, Mneimneh proved the remarkable identity \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^n H_k\binom{n}{k} p^k(1-p)^{n-k}=\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1-(1-p)^i}{i}\quad (p\in [0,1]) \end{align*} as the main result of a 2023 \emph{Discrete Mathematics} paper, where $H_k:=\sum\nolimits_{i=1}^k 1/i$ is the classical $k$-th harmonic number. Thereafter, Campbell provided several other proofs of Mneimneh's formula as above in a note published in \emph{Discrete Mathematics} in 2023. Moreover, Campbell also considered how Mneimneh's identity may be proved and generalized using the \emph{Mathematica package Sigma}. In particular, he found the generalized Mneimneh's identity \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^n x^k y^{n-k} \binom{n}{k}H_k =(x+y)^n \left(H_n-\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{y^i (x+y)^{-i}}{i}\right). \end{align*} In this paper, we will prove a more generalization of Mneimneh's identity involving Bell numbers and some Mneimneh-type identities involving (alternating) harmonic numbers by using a few results of our previous papers. |
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| spellingShingle | General Mneimneh-type Binomial Sum involving Harmonic Numbers Pan, Ende Xu, Ce Number Theory Recently, Mneimneh proved the remarkable identity \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^n H_k\binom{n}{k} p^k(1-p)^{n-k}=\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1-(1-p)^i}{i}\quad (p\in [0,1]) \end{align*} as the main result of a 2023 \emph{Discrete Mathematics} paper, where $H_k:=\sum\nolimits_{i=1}^k 1/i$ is the classical $k$-th harmonic number. Thereafter, Campbell provided several other proofs of Mneimneh's formula as above in a note published in \emph{Discrete Mathematics} in 2023. Moreover, Campbell also considered how Mneimneh's identity may be proved and generalized using the \emph{Mathematica package Sigma}. In particular, he found the generalized Mneimneh's identity \begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^n x^k y^{n-k} \binom{n}{k}H_k =(x+y)^n \left(H_n-\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{y^i (x+y)^{-i}}{i}\right). \end{align*} In this paper, we will prove a more generalization of Mneimneh's identity involving Bell numbers and some Mneimneh-type identities involving (alternating) harmonic numbers by using a few results of our previous papers. |
| title | General Mneimneh-type Binomial Sum involving Harmonic Numbers |
| topic | Number Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04107 |