A162298 Faulhaber's triangle: triangle T(k,y) read by rows, giving numerator of the coefficient [m^y] of the polynomial Sum_{x=1..m} x^(k-1).

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, -1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 0, 5, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, -7, 0, 7, 1, 1, -1, 0, 2, 0, -7, 0, 2, 1, 1, 0, -3, 0, 1, 0, -7, 0, 3, 1, 1, 5, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 0, 5, 1, 1, 0, 5, 0, -11, 0, 11, 0, -11, 0, 11, 1, 1, -691, 0, 5, 0, -33, 0, 22, 0, -11, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, -691, 0, 65, 0, -143, 0, 143, 0, -143, 0, 13, 1, 1

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Author

Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Jun 30 2009 and Jul 02 2009

Keywords

• tabl
• frac
• sign

Comments

There are many versions of Faulhaber's triangle: search the OEIS for his name. For example, A220962/A220963 is essentially the same as this triangle, except for an initial column of 0's. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 28 2017

Named after the German mathematician Johann Faulhaber (1580-1653). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 13 2021

From Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 23 2011 (Start):

The sums of the k-th power of each of the first n positive integers, sum(j^k,j=1..n), k>=0, n>=1, abbreviated usually as Sigma n^k, can be written as Sigma n^k = sum(r(k,m)*n^m,m=1..k+1), with the rational number triangle r(n,m)=a(n,m)/A162299(k+1,m). See, e.g., the Graham et al. reference, eq. (6.78), p. 269, where Sigma n^k is S_k(n+1) - delta(k,0), with delta(k,0)=1 if k=0 and 0 else. The formula for r(n,m) given below can be adapted from this reference, and it is found in the given form (for k>0) in the Remmert reference, p. 175.

For sums of powers of integers see the array A103438 with further references and links.

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Examples

			The first few polynomials:
    m;
   m/2  + m^2/2;
   m/6  + m^2/2 + m^3/3;
    0   + m^2/4 + m^3/2 + m^4/4;
  -m/30 +   0   + m^3/3 + m^4/2 + m^5/5;
  ...
Initial rows of Faulhaber's triangle of fractions H(n, k) (n >= 0, 1 <= k <= n+1):
    1;
   1/2,  1/2;
   1/6,  1/2,  1/3;
    0,   1/4,  1/2,  1/4;
  -1/30,  0,   1/3,  1/2,  1/5;
    0,  -1/12,  0,   5/12, 1/2,  1/6;
   1/42,  0,  -1/6,   0,   1/2,  1/2,  1/7;
    0,   1/12,  0,  -7/24,  0,   7/12, 1/2,  1/8;
  -1/30,  0,   2/9,   0,  -7/15,  0,   2/3,  1/2,  1/9;
  ...
		

Links

• Alois P. Heinz, Rows n = 0..140, flattened
• R. L. Graham, D. E. Knuth and O. Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1991 (Seventh printing).Second ed. 1994.
• R. Remmert, Funktionentheorie I, Zweite Auflage, Springer-Verlag, 1989. English version: Classical topics in complex function theory, Springer, 1998.
• Mohammad Torabi-Dashti, Faulhaber's Triangle, College Math. J., Vol. 42, No. 2 (2011), pp. 96-97.
• Mohammad Torabi-Dashti, Faulhaber’s Triangle. [Annotated scanned copy of preprint]
• Eric Weisstein's MathWorld, Power Sum.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000367, A162299 (denominators), A103438, A196837.

See also A220962/A220963.

Programs

Maple

A162298 := proc(k, y) local gf, x; gf := sum(x^(k-1), x=1..m) ; coeftayl(gf, m=0, y) ; numer(%) ; end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Mar 26 2013
# To produce Faulhaber's triangle of fractions H(n,k) (n >= 0, 1 <= k <= n+1):
H:=proc(n,k) option remember; local i;
if n<0 or k>n+1 then 0;
elif n=0 then 1;
elif k>1 then (n/k)*H(n-1,k-1);
else 1 - add(H(n,i),i=2..n+1); fi; end;
for n from 0 to 10 do lprint([seq(H(n,k),k=1..n+1)]); od:
for n from 0 to 12 do lprint([seq(numer(H(n,k)),k=1..n+1)]); od: # A162298
for n from 0 to 12 do lprint([seq(denom(H(n,k)),k=1..n+1)]); od: # A162299 # N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 28 2017

Mathematica

H[n_, k_] := H[n, k] = Which[n < 0 || k > n+1, 0, n == 0, 1, k > 1, (n/k)* H[n-1, k-1], True, 1 - Sum[H[n, i], {i, 2, n+1}]];
Table[H[n, k] // Numerator, {n, 0, 13}, {k, 1, n+1}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Aug 04 2022 *)

Formula

Faulhaber's triangle of fractions H(n,k) (n >= 0, 1 <= k <= n+1) is defined by: H(0,1)=1; for 2<=k<=n+1, H(n,k) = (n/k)*H(n-1,k-1) with H(n,1) = 1 - Sum_{i=2..n+1}H(n,i). - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 28 2017

Sum_{x=1..m} x^(k-1) = (Bernoulli(k,m+1)-Bernoulli(k))/k.

T(k,m)= numerator(r(k,m)) with r(k,m)= 1/(k+1) if m=k+1, 1/2 if m=k, and (B(k+1-m)/(k+1-m))*binomial(k,m) if m = 1,...,k-1, with the Bernoulli numbers B(n)=A027641(n)/A027642(n). Alternatively r(k,m) = ((-1)^(k+1-m))*sum(S(k,l)*s(l+1,m)/(l+1),l=(m-1),...,k), k>=0, m=1,...,k+1, with S given in A048993, and s given in A048994. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 23 2011

Extensions

Offset set to 0 by Alois P. Heinz, Feb 19 2021