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An Explicit Formula for the Euler zigzag
numbers (Up/down numbers) from power
series
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English , Euler number , Mathematics , Advance , 26 Jul 10
Alternating permutation , Academic Paper
In this paper, I will derive an explicit formula for the Euler
zigzag numbers (Up/down numbers). Euler zigzag number is
the number of alternating permutation in a set. Therefore the
explicit formula of Euler numbers(Secant numbers) and
Bernoulli numbers are found as well. The formula involves two
finite sum.
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Author
Ross Tang
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Degree in Physics and
Mathematics, Master
1 Introduction
2 Integrand of sec(x) + tan(x)
in Physics
香港
3 Power Series Expansion of f(x)
4 Simplification
5 Explicit Formula for Euler number
6 Explicit Formula for Bernoulli Numbers
7 Conclusion
Mathematics
Euler number
Alternating permutation
809
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0
Introduction
Euler zigzag numbers,
, is the number of alternating
permutation of the set {1,2,...,n}. And it is well known that:
In the following section, I am going to derive an explicit
formula of
by using power series expansion.
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Integrand of sec(x) + tan(x)
Let's consider the integrand of sec(x) + tan(x):
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e^-lambda/2 e^A e^B if
[A,B]=lambda
Solving linear non-homogeneous
ordinary differential equation
with variable coefficients with
operator method
Solving a partial difference
equation in 2 variables with
operator method
Let:
Solving recurrence equation with
indexes from negative infinity to
positive infinity
I will do a power expansion of the function f(x), and a finite
sum explicit formula for
can be found by some
simplification.
Reducing a partial difference
equation into a partial differential
equation and solving for the
generating function using
method of characteristics
Power Series Expansion of f(x)
Binomial Expansion for
non-commutative elements
(A+B)^n where [A, B] = lambda
Finding nth derivative of the
function sec x + tan x and partial
difference equation
A procedure to list all
derangements of a multiset
A free ebook about generating
function,
"generatingfunctionology"
Therefore, by equating coefficients, we have:
or
Now, I am going to simplify it, and show that it is actually
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equals to:
Simplification
In order to reduce the infinite sum to a finite sum, I first let:
So that:
I observed that:
To show that, let's define the translational operator
that:
such
Then:
Here,
is the backward difference operator.
Now, consider:
The result is a polynomial of degree
. We can see that, if
we apply backward difference operator to a polynomial, its
degree decreases by 1. Therefore, if we apply the backward
difference operator for a number of time which is larger than
the degree of a polynomial, the result is zero.
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As a result, we have
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. Therefore:
Explicit Formula for Euler number
Euler number
is given by the generating function:
And it is given by:
Explicit Formula for Bernoulli Numbers
From Wikipedia, we know:
Therefore:
Conclusion
I have found out an simple formula for the Euler zigzag
number:
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