Some combinatorial identities containing central binomial coefficients or Catalan numbers*

In the article, by virtue of Maclaurin's expansions of the arcsine function and its square and cubic, the authors give a short proof of a sum formula of a Maclaurin's series with coefficients containing reciprocals of the Catalan numbers; establish four sum formulas for finite sums contain...

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Main Authors: Feng Qi, Da-Wei Niu, Dongkyu Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Applied Mathematics in Science and Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/27690911.2023.2204233
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description In the article, by virtue of Maclaurin's expansions of the arcsine function and its square and cubic, the authors give a short proof of a sum formula of a Maclaurin's series with coefficients containing reciprocals of the Catalan numbers; establish four sum formulas for finite sums containing the ratio or product of two central binomial coefficients or the Catalan numbers. The instant proof simplifies discussions in the journal papers: College Math. J. 43 (2012), no. 2, 141–146; Amer. Math. Monthly 121 (2014), no. 3, 267–267; Amer. Math. Monthly 123 (2016), no. 4, 405–406; Elem. Math. 71 (2016), no. 3, 109–121; and Mathematics 5 (2017), no. 3, Article 40, 31 pages.
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spelling doaj.art-e36ec65084f74f1a97b0e592a90e6ac72023-11-02T13:48:31ZengTaylor & Francis GroupApplied Mathematics in Science and Engineering2769-09112023-12-0131110.1080/27690911.2023.22042332204233Some combinatorial identities containing central binomial coefficients or Catalan numbers*Feng Qi0Da-Wei Niu1Dongkyu Lim2Henan Polytechnic UniversityHenan University of Animal Husbandry and EconomyAndong National UniversityIn the article, by virtue of Maclaurin's expansions of the arcsine function and its square and cubic, the authors give a short proof of a sum formula of a Maclaurin's series with coefficients containing reciprocals of the Catalan numbers; establish four sum formulas for finite sums containing the ratio or product of two central binomial coefficients or the Catalan numbers. The instant proof simplifies discussions in the journal papers: College Math. J. 43 (2012), no. 2, 141–146; Amer. Math. Monthly 121 (2014), no. 3, 267–267; Amer. Math. Monthly 123 (2016), no. 4, 405–406; Elem. Math. 71 (2016), no. 3, 109–121; and Mathematics 5 (2017), no. 3, Article 40, 31 pages.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/27690911.2023.2204233catalan numberarcsinesquarecubicratioproductsum formulacentral binomial coefficientfinite summaclaurin's expansion
spellingShingle Feng Qi
Da-Wei Niu
Dongkyu Lim
Some combinatorial identities containing central binomial coefficients or Catalan numbers*
Applied Mathematics in Science and Engineering
catalan number
arcsine
square
cubic
ratio
product
sum formula
central binomial coefficient
finite sum
maclaurin's expansion
title Some combinatorial identities containing central binomial coefficients or Catalan numbers*
title_full Some combinatorial identities containing central binomial coefficients or Catalan numbers*
title_fullStr Some combinatorial identities containing central binomial coefficients or Catalan numbers*
title_full_unstemmed Some combinatorial identities containing central binomial coefficients or Catalan numbers*
title_short Some combinatorial identities containing central binomial coefficients or Catalan numbers*
title_sort some combinatorial identities containing central binomial coefficients or catalan numbers
topic catalan number
arcsine
square
cubic
ratio
product
sum formula
central binomial coefficient
finite sum
maclaurin's expansion
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/27690911.2023.2204233
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