A new explicit formula for the Bernoulli numbers in terms of the Stirling numbers of the second kind

Sumit Kumar Jha
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
Print ISSN 1310–5132, Online ISSN 2367–8275
Volume 26, 2020, Number 2, Pages 148–151
DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2020.26.2.148-151
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Sumit Kumar Jha
International Institute of Information Technology
Hyderabad-500 032, India

Abstract

Let denote the Bernoulli numbers, and denote the Stirling numbers of the second kind. We prove the following explicit formula

   

To the best of our knowledge, the formula is new.

Keywords

• Bernoulli numbers
• Stirling numbers of the second kind
• Riemann zeta function
• Polylogarithm function

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

• 11B68

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