Duality for Finite Multiple Harmonic q-Series

dc.creatorBradley, David M.
dc.date2004-02-06
dc.date2004-09-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:06:13Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:06:13Z
dc.descriptionWe define two finite q-analogs of certain multiple harmonic series with an arbitrary number of free parameters, and prove identities for these q-analogs, expressing them in terms of multiply nested sums involving the Gaussian binomial coefficients. Special cases of these identities--for example, with all parameters equal to 1--have occurred in the literature. The special case with only one parameter reduces to an identity for the divisor generating function, which has received some attention in connection with problems in sorting theory. The general case can be viewed as a duality result, reminiscent of the duality relation for the ordinary multiple zeta function.
dc.description12 pages AMSLaTeX. Submitted for publication October 26, 2003; revised September 14, 2004. New title reflects change in emphasis and new section devoted to connections with inverse pairs and Hoffman duality. References added and typos corrected
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0402092
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0402092
dc.identifierDiscrete Mathematics, 300 (2005), no. 1--3, pp. 44--56. MR2170113 (2006m:05019)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.disc.2005.06.008
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/130533
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subject05A30; 33D15
dc.titleDuality for Finite Multiple Harmonic q-Series
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