A harmonic M-factorial function and applications
"We offer analogs to the falling factorial and rising factorial functions for the set of harmonic numbers, as well as a mixed factorial function called the M-factorial. From these concepts, we develop a harmonic analog of the binomial coefficient and an alternate expression of the harmonic exponential function and establish several identities. We generalize from the harmonic numbers to a general time scale and demonstrate how solutions to some second order eigenvalue problems and partial dynamic equations can be constructed using power series built from the M-factorial function"--Abstract, page iii.
Binomial Coefficient, Eigenvalue, Factorial, Harmonic Numbers, Time Scales, Mathematics
Missouri University of Science and Technology
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