Research Article
Some Identities of the Degenerate Multi-Poly-Bernoulli Polynomials of Complex Variable
G. Muhiuddin ,
1W. A. Khan,
2U. Duran ,
3and D. Al-Kadi
41Department of Mathematics, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, P.O Box 1664, Al Khobar 31952, Saudi Arabia
3Department of the Basic Concepts of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Iskenderun Technical University, TR-31200 Hatay, Turkey
4Department of Mathematics and Statistic, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia Correspondence should be addressed to G. Muhiuddin; chishtygm@gmail.com
Received 17 April 2021; Accepted 18 May 2021; Published 2 June 2021 Academic Editor: Gangadharan Murugusundaramoorthy
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In this paper, we introduce degenerate multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials and derive some identities of these polynomials. We give some relationship between degenerate multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials degenerate Whitney numbers and Stirling numbers of the first kind. Moreover, we define degenerate multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials of complex variables, and then, we derive several properties and relations.
1. Introduction
For any λ ∈ ℝ/f0g (or ℂ/f0g), degenerate version of the exponential function exλðtÞ is defined as follows (see [1–15])
exλð Þt ≔ 1 + λtð Þxλ= 〠∞
n=0
ð Þx n,λtn
n!, ð1Þ
where ðxÞ0,λ= 1 and ðxÞn,λ= xðx− λÞ ⋯ ðx − ðn − 1ÞλÞ for n
≥ 1, (cf. [1–15]). It follows from (1) is limλ→0exλðtÞ = ext. Note that e1λðtÞ ≔ eλðtÞ:
Carlitz [1] introduced the degenerate Bernoulli polyno- mials as follows:
t
eλð Þt − 1exλð Þ =t 〠∞
n=0
βnðx ;λÞtn
n!: ð2Þ
Upon setting x = 0, βnð0 ; λÞ ≔ βnðλÞ are called the degenerate Bernoulli numbers.
Note that
limλ→0βnðx ;λÞ = Bnð Þ,x ð3Þ
where BnðxÞ are the familiar Bernoulli polynomials (cf. [1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16–22])
t
et− 1ext= 〠∞
n=0
Bnð Þx tn
n!, ðj j < 2πt Þ: ð4Þ
For k∈ ℤ, the polyexponential function EikðxÞ is defined by (see [21])
Eikð Þ =x 〠∞
n=1
xn n− 1
ð Þ!nk, kð ∈ ℤÞ: ð5Þ
Setting k = 1 in (5), we have Ei1ðxÞ = ex− 1:
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The degenerate modified polyexponential function [12]
is defined, for k ∈ ℤ and jxj < 1, by
Eik;λð Þ =x 〠∞
n=1
ð Þ1 n,λ n− 1
ð Þ!nkxn: ð6Þ
Note that Ei1;λðxÞ = eλðxÞ − 1:
Let k∈ ℤ and λ ∈ ℝ. The degenerate poly-Bernoulli poly- nomials, cf. [12], are defined by
Eik;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ
eλð Þt − 1 exλð Þ =t 〠∞
n=0
Bð Þn,kλð Þx tn
n!, ð7Þ
logλð1 + tÞ = 〠∞
n=1
λn−1ð Þ1 n,1
λ
tn
n!,ðλ ∈ ℝÞ, ð8Þ where logλð1 + tÞ are called the degenerate version of the log- arithm function (cf. [8, 12]), which is also the inverse func- tion of the degenerate exponential function eλðtÞ as shown below (cf. [8])
eλðlogλð1 + tÞÞ = logλðeλð1 + tÞÞ = 1 + t: ð9Þ Letting x = 0 in (7), BðkÞn,λð0Þ ≔ BðkÞn,λare called the type 2 degen- erate poly-Bernoulli numbers.
The degenerate Stirling numbers of the first kind (cf.
[8, 13]) and second kind (cf. [4–6, 9, 17]) are defined, respectively, by
1
k!ðlogλð1 + tÞÞk= 〠∞
n=k
S1,λðn, kÞtn
n!, kð ≥ 0Þ, ð10Þ and (cf. [1–27])
1
k!ðeλð Þt − 1Þk= 〠∞
n=k
S2,λðn, kÞtn
n!, kð ≥ 0Þ: ð11Þ Note that limλ→0 in (10) and (1.8), we have (cf. [8, 13])
log 1 + tð Þ
ð Þk
k! = 〠∞
n=k
S1ðn, kÞtn
n!ðk≥ 0Þ, ð12Þ
and (cf. [4–6, 9, 17, 24]) et− 1 ð Þk
k! = 〠∞
n=k
S2ðn, kÞtn
n!ðk≥ 0Þ, ð13Þ where S1ðn, kÞ and S2ðn, kÞ are called the Stirling numbers of the first kind and second kind.
The following paper is as follows. In Section 2, we define the degenerate multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials and num- bers by using the degenerate multiple polyexponential func- tions and derive some properties and relations of these polynomials. In Section 3, we consider the degenerate multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials of a complex variable and
then we derive several properties and relations. Also, we examine the results derived in this study [28, 29].
2. Degenerate Multi-Poly-Bernoulli Polynomials and Numbers
Let k1, k2,⋯, kr∈ ℤ. The degenerate multiple polyexponen- tial function Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðxÞ is defined (cf. [15]) by
Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λð Þ =x 〠
0<n1<n2<⋯<nr
ð Þ1 n
1,λ⋯ 1ð Þn
r,λxnr n1− 1
ð Þ!⋯ nð r− 1Þ!nk11⋯ nkrr
, ð14Þ
where the sum is over all integers n1, n2,⋯, nr satisfying 0 < n1< n2<⋯ < nr. Utilizing this function, Kim et al. [15]
introduced and studied the degenerate multi-poly-Genocchi polynomials given by
2rEik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þ + 1t
ð Þr exλð Þ =t 〠∞
n=0
gðn,kλ1,k2,⋯krÞð Þx tn n!: ð15Þ
Inspired by the definition of degenerate multi-poly-Genocchi polynomials, using the degenerate multiple polyexponential function (14), we give the following definition.
Definition 1. Let k1, k2,⋯, kr∈ ℤ and λ ∈ ℝ, we consider the degenerate multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials are given by
r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr exλð Þ =t 〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx tn n!:
ð16Þ
Upon setting x = 0 in (16), the degenerate multi-poly- Bernoulli polynomials reduce to the corresponding numbers, namely, the type 2 degenerate multi-poly-Bernoulli numbers Bðkn,λ1,k2,⋯,krÞð0Þ ≔ Bðkn,λ1,k2,⋯,krÞ.
Remark 2. As λ → 0, the degenerate multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials reduce to the multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials given by
r!Eik1,k2,⋯,krðlog 1 + tð ÞÞ et− 1
ð Þr ext= 〠∞
n=0
Bðnk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx tn
n!: ð17Þ
Remark 3. Upon setting r = 1 in (16), the degenerate multi- poly-Bernoulli polynomials reduce to the degenerate poly- Bernoulli polynomials in (7).
Before going to investigate the properties of the degen- erate multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials, we first give the following result.
Proposition 4 (Derivative Property). For k1, k2,⋯, kr∈ ℤ andλ ∈ ℝ, we have
d
dxEik1,k2,⋯,kr;λð Þ =x 1
xEik1,k2,⋯,kr−1;λð Þ:x ð18Þ Proof. By (14), we see that
d
dxEik1,k2,⋯,kr;λð Þ =x d
dx 〠
0<n1<n2<⋯<nr
ð Þ1 n
1,λ⋯ 1ð Þn
r,λxnr n1− 1
ð Þ!⋯ nð r− 1Þ!nk11⋯ nkrr
=1
x 〠
0<n1<n2<⋯<nr
ð Þ1 n1,λ⋯ 1ð Þnr,λxnr n1− 1
ð Þ!⋯ nð r− 1Þ!nk11⋯ nkrr−1
=1
xEik1,k2,⋯,kr−1;λð Þ:x
ð19Þ
Theorem 5. The following relationship
Bðn,kλ1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þ =x 〠n
j=0
n j !
Bðnk−j,λ1,k2,⋯krÞð Þx j,λ, ð20Þ
holds for n≥ 0.
Proof. Recall Definition 1 that
〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx tn
n!=r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr exλð Þt
= 〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞtn n!〠∞
j=0
ð Þx j,λtm m!
= 〠∞
n=0
〠n
j=0
n j !
Bðn−j,λk1,k2,⋯krÞð Þx j,λ
!tn n!,
ð21Þ
which gives the asserted result (20).
The degenerate Bernoulli polynomials of order r are given by the following series expansion:
〠∞
n=0
βð Þnrðx ;λÞtn
n!= t
eλð Þt − 1
r
exλð Þ,t ð22Þ
(cf. [3, 6, 8, 17]).
We provide the following theorem.
Theorem 6. For n ≥ r. Then
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þ =x n+r〠
m=0
〠
0<n1<n2<⋯<nr≤m
n + r m
!
βð Þn+rr −mðx ;λÞS1:λðm, nrÞ
× n!r!nr! 1ð Þn1,λ⋯ 1ð Þnr,λ n + r
ð Þ! nð 1− 1Þ!⋯ nð r− 1Þ!nk11⋯ nkrr
: ð23Þ
Proof. Recall from Definition 1 and (10) that
〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx tn
n!= r!exλð Þt eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr 〠
0<n1<n2<⋯<nr
ð Þ1n
1,λ⋯ 1ð Þn
r,λðlogλð1 + tÞÞnr n1− 1
ð Þ!⋯ nð r− 1Þ!nk11⋯ nkrr
= r!exλð Þt eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr 〠
0<n1<n2<⋯<nr
ð Þ1n
1,λ⋯ 1ð Þn
r,λnr! n1− 1
ð Þ!⋯ nð r− 1Þ!nk11⋯ nkrr
〠∞
m=nr
S1:λðm, nrÞtm m!
=r!
tr
trexλð Þt eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr
〠∞
m=nr
〠
0<n1<n2<⋯<nr≤m
ð Þ1n
1,λ⋯ 1ð Þn
r,λS1:λðm, nrÞnr! n1− 1
ð Þ!⋯ nð r− 1Þ!nk11⋯ nkrr
!
tm m!=r!
tr〠∞
l=0
βð Þlrðx ;λÞtl l! 〠∞
m=nr
〠
0<n1<n2<⋯<nr≤m
ð Þ1n
1,λ⋯ 1ð Þn
r,λS1:λðm, nrÞnr! n1− 1
ð Þ!⋯ nð r− 1Þ!nk11⋯ nkrr
!
tm m!= 〠∞
n=r
〠n
m=0
n m !
〠
0<n1<n2<⋯<nr≤m
r!nr! 1ð Þn
1,λ⋯ 1ð Þn
r,λ
n1− 1
ð Þ!⋯ nð r− 1Þ!nk11⋯ nkrr
βð Þn−mr ðx ;λÞS1:λðm, nrÞtn−r n! ,
ð24Þ
which means the claimed result (23).
Theorem 7. The following formula
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞðx + yÞ =〠n
j=0
n j !
ð Þy j,λBðn−j,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þ,x ð25Þ
is valid for k1, k2,⋯, kr∈ ℤ and n ≥ 0.
Proof. In view of Definition 1, we see that
〠∞
n=0
Bðn,kλ1,k2,⋯,krÞðx + yÞtn
n!=r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr ex+yλ ð Þt
=〠∞
i=0
Bði,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx ti i!〠∞
j=0
ð Þy j,λtm m!
= 〠∞
n=0
〠n
j=0
n j !
ð Þy m,λBðnk−j,λ1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx
!tn n!, ð26Þ
which implies the desired result (25).
Theorem 8. The following relation
d
dxBðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þ=x nl=1 n l !
Bðn−l,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx ð Þ−λl−1ðl− 1Þ!, ð27Þ
is valid for k1, k2,⋯, kr∈ ℤ and n ≥ 0.
Proof. To investigate the derivative property ofBðkn,λ1,k2,⋯,krÞðxÞ that
〠∞
n=0
d
dxBðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx tn
n!= r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr
d dxexλð Þt
= 〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx tn n!
1
λln 1 +ð λtÞ
= 〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx tn n!
!
〠∞
l=1
−1 ð Þl+1
l λl−1tl
= 〠∞
n=0
〠∞
l=1
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx ð Þ−1l+1 l λl−1tn+l
n! , ð28Þ
which provides the asserted result (27).
We here give a relation including the degenerate multi- poly-Bernoulli polynomials with numbers and the degener- ate Stirling numbers of the second kind.
Theorem 9. The following correlation
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þ =x 〠n
m=0
〠m
l=0
n m !
ð Þx lS2,λðm, lÞBðn−m,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞ, ð29Þ
is valid for k1, k2,⋯, kr∈ ℤ and n ≥ 0.
Proof. By means of Definition 1, we attain that
〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞð Þx tn
n!=r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr exλð Þt
=r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr ðeλð Þt − 1 + 1Þx
=r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr 〠∞
l=0
x l !
eλð Þt − 1
ð Þl
=〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞtn n!〠∞
l=0
ð Þxl〠∞
m=l
S2,λðm, lÞtm m!
=〠∞
n=0
〠n
m=0
〠m
l=0
n m !
ð Þx lS2,λðm, lÞBðn−m,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞ
!tn n!,
ð30Þ
where the notation ðxÞl is falling factorial that is defined by ðxÞ0= 1 and ðxÞn= xðx− 1Þ ⋯ ðx − ðn − 1ÞÞ for n ≥ 1, (cf. [1, 2, 5–14, 21, 23, 24]). So, the proof is completed.
Kim [5] introduced the degenerate Whitney numbers are given by
emλð Þt − 1
ð Þk
mkk! eαλð Þ =t 〠∞
n=k
Wm,αðn, kjλÞtn
n!, kð ≥ 0Þ: ð31Þ
Kim also provided several correlations including the degen- erate Stirling numbers of the second kind and the degenerate Whitney numbers (see [5]).
We now give a correlation as follows.
Theorem 10. For k1, k2,⋯kr∈ ℤ and n ≥ 0, we have
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞðxu +αÞ = 〠n
m=0
〠m
l=0
n m !
ulð Þx lWu,αðm, ljλÞBðn−m,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞ: ð32Þ
Proof. Using (31) and Definition 1, we acquire that
〠∞
n=0
Bðn,kλ1,k2,⋯,krÞðxu +αÞtn n!
=r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr eαλð Þet xuλ ð Þt
= r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr eαλð Þ et ðuλð Þt − 1 + 1Þx
=r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr eαλð Þt 〠∞
l=0
x l !
euλð Þt − 1
ð Þl
=r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr 〠∞
l=0
ulð Þx lðeuλð Þt − 1Þl l!ul eαλð Þt
= r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr 〠∞
l=0
ulð Þx lðeuλð Þt − 1Þl l!ul eαλð Þt
= 〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞtn n!〠∞
n=0
〠n
l=0
ulð Þx lWu,αðn, ljλÞtn n!
= 〠∞
n=0
〠n
m=0
〠m
l=0
n m !
ulð Þx lWu,αðm, ljλÞBðn−m,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞ
!tn n!,
ð33Þ which implies the asserted result (32).
3. Degenerate Multi-Poly-Bernoulli Polynomials of Complex Variable
In [25], Kim et al. defined the degenerate sine sinλt and cosine cosλt functions by
sinð Þλxð Þ =t eixλð Þt − e−ixλ ð Þt
2i and cosð Þλxð Þ =t eixλð Þ + et −ixλ ð Þt
2 ,
ð34Þ
where i = ffiffiffiffiffiffi p−1
. Note that limλ→0sinðxÞλ ðtÞ = sin xt and limλ→0cosðxÞλ ðtÞ = cos xt. From (34), it is readily that
eixλð Þ = cost ð Þλxð Þ + isint ð Þλxð Þt : ð35Þ By these functions in (34), the degenerate sine- polynomials Sk,λðx, yÞ and degenerate cosine-polynomials Ck,λðx, yÞ are introduced (cf. [25]) by
〠∞
n=0
Sk,λðx, yÞtn
n! = exλð Þsint ð Þλyð Þ,t ð36Þ
〠∞
n=0
Ck,λðx, yÞtn
n!= exλð Þcost ð Þλyð Þ:t ð37Þ Several properties of these polynomials in (36) and (37) are studied and investigated in [25]. Also, by means of these functions, Kim et al. [25] introduced the degenerate Euler and Bernoulli polynomials of complex variable and investi- gate some of their properties. Motivated and inspired by these considerations above, we define type 2 degenerate multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials of complex variable as follows.
Definition 11. Let k1, k2,⋯, kr∈ ℤ. We define a new form of the degenerate multi-poly-Bernoulli polynomials of complex variable by the following generating function:
r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr ex+iyλ ð Þ =t 〠∞
n=0
Bðn,kλ1,k2,⋯,krÞðx + iyÞtn n!: ð38Þ
By (34) and (38), we observe that
〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞðx + iyÞ− Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞðx− iyÞ
2i
tn n!
= r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr exλð Þsint ð Þλyð Þ,t
ð39Þ
and
〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞðx + iyÞ + Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞðx− iyÞ
2
tn n!
= r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr exλð Þcost ð Þλyð Þt :
ð40Þ
In view of (39) and (40), we consider the degenerate multi-poly-sine-Bernoulli polynomials Bðkn,λ1,k2,⋯,kr;SÞðx, yÞ with two parameters and the degenerate multi-poly-cosine- Bernoulli polynomials Bðkn,λ1,k2,⋯,kr;CÞðx, yÞ with two parame- ters as follows:
〠∞
n=0
Bðn,kλ1,k2,⋯,kr;SÞðx, yÞtn
n!=r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr exλð Þsint ð Þλyð Þ,t ð41Þ
〠∞
n=0
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,kr;CÞðx, yÞtn
n!=r!Eik1,k2,⋯,kr;λðlogλð1 + tÞÞ eλð Þt − 1
ð Þr exλð Þcost ð Þλyð Þ:t ð42Þ Note that
λ→0limBðn,λk1,k2,⋯,kr;SÞðx, yÞ≔ Bðnk1,k2,⋯,kr;SÞðx, yÞ and
limλ→0Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,kr;CÞðx, yÞ≔ Bðnk1,k2,⋯,kr;CÞðx, yÞ, ð43Þ
which are multi-poly-sine-Bernoulli polynomials Bðkn1,k2,⋯,kr;SÞðx, yÞ and multi-poly-cosine-Bernoulli polyno- mials Bðkn1,k2,⋯,kr;CÞðx, yÞ with two parameters.
By (39)-(42), we see that
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,kr;SÞðx, yÞ =Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞðx + iyÞ− Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞðx− iyÞ
2i ,
Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,kr;CÞðx, yÞ =Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞðx + iyÞ + Bðn,λk1,k2,⋯,krÞðx− iyÞ
2 :
ð44Þ We now give the two summation formulae by the follow- ing theorem.