Skip to main content
  • Research Article
  • Open access
  • Published:

Some Identities on the Generalized -Bernoulli Numbers and Polynomials Associated with -Volkenborn Integrals

Abstract

We give some interesting equation of -adic -integrals on . From those -adic -integrals, we present a systemic study of some families of extended Carlitz type -Bernoulli numbers and polynomials in -adic number field.

1. Introduction

Let be a fixed prime number. Throughout this paper, , , , and will, respectively, denote the ring of -adic rational integer, the field of -adic rational numbers, the complex number field, and the completion of algebraic closure of . Let be the set of natural numbers and .

Let be the normalized exponential valuation of with When one talks of -extension, is considered as an indeterminate, a complex number or -adic number If , we normally assume that , and if we normally assume that . We use the notation

(1.1)

The -factorial is defined as

(1.2)

and the Gaussian -binomial coefficient is defined by

(1.3)

(see [1]). Note that

(1.4)

From (1.3), we easily see that

(1.5)

(see [2, 3]). For a fixed positive integer , let

(1.6)

where and (see [1–14]).

We say that is a uniformly differential function at a point and denote this property by if the difference quotients

(1.7)

have a limit as . For , let us begin with the expression

(1.8)

representing a -analogue of the Riemann sums for , (see [1–3, 11–18]). The integral of on is defined as the limit of the sums (if exists). The -adic -integral (= -Volkenborn integral) of ) is defined by

(1.9)

(see [12]). Carlitz's -Bernoull numbers can be defined recursively by and by the rule that

(1.10)

with the usual convention of replacing by , (see [1–13]).

It is well known that

(1.11)

(see [1]), where are called the th Carlitz's -Bernoulli polynomials (see [1, 12, 13]).

Let be the Dirichlet's character with conductor , then the generalized Carlitz's -Bernoulli numbers attached to are defined as follows:

(1.12)

(see [13]). Recently, many authors have studied in the different several areas related to -theory (see [1–13]). In this paper, we present a systemic study of some families of multiple Carlitz's type -Bernoulli numbers and polynomials by using the integral equations of -adic -integrals on . First, we derive some interesting equations of -adic -integrals on . From these equations, we give some interesting formulae for the higher-order Carlitz's type -Bernoulli numbers and polynomials in the -adic number field.

2. On the Generalized Higher-Order -Bernoulli Numbersand Polynomials

In this section, we assume that with . We first consider the -extension of Bernoulli polynomials as follows:

(2.1)

From (2.1), we note that

(2.2)

Note that

(2.3)

where are called the th ordinary Bernoulli polynomials. In the special case, , are called the th -Bernoulli numbers.

By (2.2), we have the following lemma.

Lemma 2.1.

For one has

(2.4)

Now, one considers the -Bernoulli polynomials of order as follows:

(2.5)

By (2.5), one sees that

(2.6)

In the special case, , the sequence is refereed to as the -extension of Bernoulli numbers of order . For , one has

(2.7)

By (2.5) and (2.7), one obtains the following theorem.

Theorem 2.2.

For one has

(2.8)

Let be the primitive Dirichlet's character with conductor , then the generalized -Bernoulli polynomials attached to are defined by

(2.9)

From (2.9), one derives

(2.10)

By (2.9) and (2.10), one can give the generating function for the generalized -Bernoulli polynomials attached to as follows:

(2.11)

From (1.3), (2.10), and (2.11), one notes that

(2.12)

In the special case, , the sequence are called the th generalized -Bernoulli numbers attached to .

Let one consider the higher-order -Bernoulli polynomials attached to as follows:

(2.13)

where are called the th generalized -Bernoulli polynomials of order attaches to .

By (2.13), one sees that

(2.14)

In the special case, , the sequence are called the th generalized -Bernoulli numbers of order attaches to .

By (2.13) and (2.14), one obtains the following theorem.

Theorem 2.3.

Let be the primitive Dirichlet's character with conductor . For one has

(2.15)

For , and one introduces the extended higher-order -Bernoulli polynomials as follows:

(2.16)

From (2.16), one notes that

(2.17)

and

(2.18)

In the special case, , are called the th -Bernoulli numbers of order .

By (2.17), one obtains the following theorem.

Theorem 2.4.

For one has

(2.19)

Let be the primitive Dirichlet's character with conductor , then one considers the generalized -Bernoulli polynomials attached to of order as follows:

(2.20)

By (2.20), one sees that

(2.21)

In the special case, , are called the th generalized -Bernoulli numbers attached to of order .

From (2.20) and (2.21), one notes that

(2.22)

By (2.16), it is easy to show that

(2.23)

Thus, one has

(2.24)

From (2.16) and (2.23), one can also derive

(2.25)

It is easy to see that

(2.26)

By (2.23), (2.25), and (2.26), one obtains the following theorem.

Theorem 2.5.

For and one has

(2.27)

Furthermore, one gets

(2.28)

Now, one considers the polynomials of by

(2.29)

By (2.29), one obtains the following theorem.

Theorem 2.6.

For and one has

(2.30)

By using multivariate -adic -integral on , one sees that

(2.31)

Therefore, one obtains the following corollary.

Corollary 2.7.

For and one has

(2.32)

It is easy to show that

(2.33)

From (2.33), one notes that

(2.34)

From the multivariate -adic -integral on , one has

(2.35)
(2.36)

By (2.35) and (2.36), one obtains the following corollary.

Corollary 2.8.

For and one has

(2.37)

Now, one also considers the polynomial of . From the integral equation on , one notes that

(2.38)

By (2.38), one easily gets

(2.39)

Thus, one obtains the following theorem.

Theorem 2.9.

For and one has

(2.40)

From the definition of -adic -integral on , one notes that

(2.41)

Thus, one has

(2.42)

By (2.38), one easily gets

(2.43)

From (2.43), one has

(2.44)

That is,

(2.45)

By (2.38) and (2.43), one easily sees that

(2.46)

and

(2.47)

For , this gives

(2.48)

and

(2.49)

From (2.46) and (2.48), one can derive the recurrence relation for as follows:

(2.50)

where is kronecker symbol.

By (2.46), (2.48), and (2.50), one obtains the following theorem.

Theorem 2.10.

For and one has

(2.51)

Furthermore,

(2.52)

where is kronecker symbol.

From the definition of -adic -integral on , one notes that

(2.53)

By (2.53), one sees that

(2.54)

Note that

(2.55)

where are the th ordinary Bernoulli polynomials.

In the special case, , one gets

(2.56)

It is not difficult to show that

(2.57)

That is,

(2.58)

Let one consider Barnes' type multiple -Bernoulli polynomials. For and one defines Barnes' type multiple -Bernoulli polynomials as follows:

(2.59)

From (2.59), one can easily derive the following equation:

(2.60)

Let , then one has

(2.61)

Therefore, one obtains the following theorem.

Theorem 2.11.

For and one has

(2.62)

References

  1. Kim T: -Bernoulli numbers and polynomials associated with Gaussian binomial coefficients. Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics 2008, 15(1):51–57.

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  2. Kim T: Barnes-type multiple -zeta functions and -Euler polynomials. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 2010, 43(25):-11.

  3. Kim T: Note on the Euler -zeta functions. Journal of Number Theory 2009, 129(7):1798–1804. 10.1016/j.jnt.2008.10.007

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  4. Carlitz L: -Bernoulli numbers and polynomials. Duke Mathematical Journal 1948, 15: 987–1000. 10.1215/S0012-7094-48-01588-9

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  5. Carlitz L: -Bernoulli and Eulerian numbers. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 1954, 76: 332–350.

    MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  6. Cangul IN, Kurt V, Ozden H, Simsek Y: On the higher-order --Genocchi numbers. Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics 2009, 19(1):39–57.

    MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  7. Cenkci M, Kurt V: Congruences for generalized -Bernoulli polynomials. Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2008, 2008:-19.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Govil NK, Gupta V: Convergence of -Meyer-König-Zeller-Durrmeyer operators. Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics 2009, 19(1):97–108.

    MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  9. Jang L-C, Hwang K-W, Kim Y-H: A note on -Genocchi polynomials and numbers of higher order. Advances in Difference Equations 2010, 2010:-6.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Jang L-C: A new -analogue of Bernoulli polynomials associated with -adic -integrals. Abstract and Applied Analysis 2008, 2008:-6.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Kim T: Some identities on the -Euler polynomials of higher order and -Stirling numbers by the fermionic -adic integral on . Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics 2009, 16(4):484–491. 10.1134/S1061920809040037

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  12. Kim T: On a -analogue of the -adic log gamma functions and related integrals. Journal of Number Theory 1999, 76(2):320–329. 10.1006/jnth.1999.2373

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  13. Kim T: -Volkenborn integration. Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics 2002, 9(3):288–299.

    MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  14. Kurt V: A further symmetric relation on the analogue of the Apostol-Bernoulli and the analogue of the Apostol-Genocchi polynomials. Applied Mathematical Sciences 2009, 3(53–56):2757–2764.

    MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  15. Ozden H, Cangul IN, Simsek Y: Remarks on -Bernoulli numbers associated with Daehee numbers. Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics 2009, 18(1):41–48.

    MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  16. Simsek Y: Generating functions of the twisted Bernoulli numbers and polynomials associated with their interpolation functions. Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics 2008, 16(2):251–278.

    MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

  17. Moon E-J, Rim S-H, Jin J-H, Lee S-J: On the symmetric properties of higher-order twisted -Euler numbers and polynomials. Advances in Difference Equations 2010, 2010:-8.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Ozden H, Simsek Y, Rim S-H, Cangul IN: A note on -adic -Euler measure. Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics 2007, 14(2):233–239.

    MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

The authors express their gratitude to The referees for their valuable suggestions and comments. This paper was supported by the research grant of Kwangwoon University in 2010.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to T Kim.

Rights and permissions

Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kim, T., Choi, J., Lee, B. et al. Some Identities on the Generalized -Bernoulli Numbers and Polynomials Associated with -Volkenborn Integrals. J Inequal Appl 2010, 575240 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/575240

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/575240

Keywords