4 papers
math.NT2026
Faulhaber's formula, Bernoulli numbers, power sums of natural numbers and totatives and the functional equation
Chai Wah Wu
In modern usage the Bernoulli numbers and Bernoulli polynomials follow Euler's approach and are defined using generating functions. Originally, they were derived by Bernoulli while…
math.NT2026
Computing the Greatest Common Divisor of Binomial Coefficients
Chai Wah Wu
The greatest common divisor (GCD) of for is known to be some power of 2 times the product of all odd primes p such that . We complete the a…
math.NT2025
Algorithms for complementary sequences
Chai Wah Wu
Finding the -th positive square number is easy, as it is simply . But how do we find the complementary sequence, i.e., the -th positive non-square number? For this case…
math.GM2025
Pandigital and penholodigital numbers
Chai Wah Wu
Pandigital and penholodigital numbers are numbers that contain every digit or nonzero digit respectively. We study properties of pandigital or penholodigital numbers that are also…