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Faulhaber's Formula, Odd Bernoulli Numbers, and the Method of Partial Sums
Published 25 May 2021 in math.GM | (2106.14607v4)
Abstract: Let ``Faulhaber's formula'' refer to an expression for the sum of powers of integers written with terms in n(n+1)/2. Initially, the author used Faulhaber's formula to explain why odd Bernoulli numbers are equal to zero. Next, Cereceda gave alternate proofs of that result and then proved the converse, if odd Bernoulli numbers are equal to zero then we can derive Faulhaber's formula. Here, the original author will give a new proof of the converse using the method of partial sums and mathematical induction.
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