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Main Authors: Kikuchi, Tomoko, Nakasuji, Maki
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15380
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author Kikuchi, Tomoko
Nakasuji, Maki
author_facet Kikuchi, Tomoko
Nakasuji, Maki
contents The classical Bernoulli numbers $B_m$ can be expressed using Stirling numbers of the second kind, and M. Kaneko extended this framework by defining poly-Bernoulli numbers ${\mathbb B}_m^{(k)}$, for which explicit formulas using the Stirling numbers of the second kind and duality relations were obtained. Later, Kaneko and H. Tsumura introduced multi-indexed poly-Bernoulli numbers ${\mathbb B}_{m_1, \ldots, m_r}^{(k_1, \ldots, k_r)}$ using the multiple polylogarithm and reached their duality properties via an associated $η$-function. Explicit formulas for double-indexed poly-Bernoulli numbers ${\mathbb B}_{m_1, m_2}^{(k_1, k_2)}$ were obtained by Y. Baba, M. Nakasuji, and M. Sakata. In this article, we extend these results to general multi-indexed poly-Bernoulli numbers and use it to give an alternative proof of the duality of multi-indexed poly-Bernoulli numbers.
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spellingShingle Explicit formula for multi-indexed poly-Bernoulli numbers
Kikuchi, Tomoko
Nakasuji, Maki
Number Theory
11M68
The classical Bernoulli numbers $B_m$ can be expressed using Stirling numbers of the second kind, and M. Kaneko extended this framework by defining poly-Bernoulli numbers ${\mathbb B}_m^{(k)}$, for which explicit formulas using the Stirling numbers of the second kind and duality relations were obtained. Later, Kaneko and H. Tsumura introduced multi-indexed poly-Bernoulli numbers ${\mathbb B}_{m_1, \ldots, m_r}^{(k_1, \ldots, k_r)}$ using the multiple polylogarithm and reached their duality properties via an associated $η$-function. Explicit formulas for double-indexed poly-Bernoulli numbers ${\mathbb B}_{m_1, m_2}^{(k_1, k_2)}$ were obtained by Y. Baba, M. Nakasuji, and M. Sakata. In this article, we extend these results to general multi-indexed poly-Bernoulli numbers and use it to give an alternative proof of the duality of multi-indexed poly-Bernoulli numbers.
title Explicit formula for multi-indexed poly-Bernoulli numbers
topic Number Theory
11M68
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15380