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Revision as of 09:01, 11 January 2016
In mathematics, Faulhaber's formula, named after Johann Faulhaber, expresses the sum of the p-th powers of the first n positive integers as a (p + 1)th-degree polynomial function of n, the coefficients involving Bernoulli numbers.
- Task
Generate the first 10 closed-form expressions, starting with p = 0.
- See also
- Bernoulli numbers and binomial coefficients on Wikipedia.
Perl 6
<lang perl6>use experimental :cached;
sub bernoulli_number($n) is cached {
return 1/2 if $n == 1; return 0/1 if $n % 2;
my @A; for 0..$n -> $m { @A[$m] = 1 / ($m + 1); for $m, $m-1 ... 1 -> $j { @A[$j - 1] = $j * (@A[$j - 1] - @A[$j]); } }
return @A[0];
}
sub binomial($n, $k) is cached {
$k == 0 || $n == $k ?? 1 !! binomial($n-1, $k-1) + binomial($n-1, $k);
}
sub faulhaber_s_formula($p) {
my @formula = gather for 0..$p -> $j { take '(' ~ join('/', (binomial($p+1, $j) * bernoulli_number($j)).Rat.nude) ~ ")*n^{$p+1 - $j}"; }
my $formula = join(' + ', @formula.grep({!m{'(0/1)*'}}));
$formula .= subst(rx{ '(1/1)*' }, , :g); $formula .= subst(rx{ '^1'» }, , :g);
"1/{$p+1} * ($formula)";
}
for 0..9 -> $p {
say "f($p) = ", faulhaber_s_formula($p);
}</lang>
- Output:
f(0) = 1/1 * (n) f(1) = 1/2 * (n^2 + n) f(2) = 1/3 * (n^3 + (3/2)*n^2 + (1/2)*n) f(3) = 1/4 * (n^4 + (2/1)*n^3 + n^2) f(4) = 1/5 * (n^5 + (5/2)*n^4 + (5/3)*n^3 + (-1/6)*n) f(5) = 1/6 * (n^6 + (3/1)*n^5 + (5/2)*n^4 + (-1/2)*n^2) f(6) = 1/7 * (n^7 + (7/2)*n^6 + (7/2)*n^5 + (-7/6)*n^3 + (1/6)*n) f(7) = 1/8 * (n^8 + (4/1)*n^7 + (14/3)*n^6 + (-7/3)*n^4 + (2/3)*n^2) f(8) = 1/9 * (n^9 + (9/2)*n^8 + (6/1)*n^7 + (-21/5)*n^5 + (2/1)*n^3 + (-3/10)*n) f(9) = 1/10 * (n^10 + (5/1)*n^9 + (15/2)*n^8 + (-7/1)*n^6 + (5/1)*n^4 + (-3/2)*n^2)
Racket
Racket will simplify rational numbers; if this code simplifies the expressions too much for your tastes (e.g. you like 1/1 * (n)
) then tweak the simplify... clauses to taste.
<lang racket>#lang racket/base
(require racket/match
racket/string math/number-theory)
(define simplify-arithmetic-expression
(letrec ((s-a-e (match-lambda [(list (and op '+) l ... (list '+ m ...) r ...) (s-a-e `(,op ,@l ,@m ,@r))] [(list (and op '+) l ... (? number? n1) m ... (? number? n2) r ...) (s-a-e `(,op ,@l ,(+ n1 n2) ,@m ,@r))] [(list (and op '+) (app s-a-e l _) ... 0 (app s-a-e r _) ...) (s-a-e `(,op ,@l ,@r))] [(list (and op '+) (app s-a-e x _)) (values x #t)] [(list (and op '*) l ... (list '* m ...) r ...) (s-a-e `(,op ,@l ,@m ,@r))] [(list (and op '*) l ... (? number? n1) m ... (? number? n2) r ...) (s-a-e `(,op ,@l ,(* n1 n2) ,@m ,@r))] [(list (and op '*) (app s-a-e l _) ... 1 (app s-a-e r _) ...) (s-a-e `(,op ,@l ,@r))] [(list (and op '*) (app s-a-e l _) ... 0 (app s-a-e r _) ...) (values 0 #t)] [(list (and op '*) (app s-a-e x _)) (values x #t)] [(list 'expt (app s-a-e x x-simplified?) 1) (values x x-simplified?)] [(list op (app s-a-e a #f) ...) (values `(,op ,@a) #f)] [(list op (app s-a-e a _) ...) (s-a-e `(,op ,@a))] [e (values e #f)]))) s-a-e))
(define (expression->infix-string e)
(define (parenthesise-maybe s p?) (if p? (string-append "(" s ")") s)) (letrec ((e->is (lambda (paren?) (match-lambda [(list (and op (or '+ '- '* '*)) (app (e->is #t) a p?) ...) (define bits (map parenthesise-maybe a p?)) (define compound (string-join bits (format " ~a " op))) (values (if paren? (string-append "(" compound ")") compound) #f)] [(list 'expt (app (e->is #t) x xp?) (app (e->is #t) n np?)) (values (format "~a^~a" (parenthesise-maybe x xp?) (parenthesise-maybe n np?)) #f)] [(? number? (app number->string s)) (values s #f)] [(? symbol? (app symbol->string s)) (values s #f)])))) (define-values (str needs-parens?) ((e->is #f) e)) str))
(define (faulhaber p)
(define p+1 (add1 p)) (define-values (simpler simplified?) (simplify-arithmetic-expression `(* ,(/ 1 p+1) (+ ,@(for/list ((j (in-range p+1))) `(* ,(* (expt -1 j) (binomial p+1 j)) (* ,(bernoulli-number j) (expt n ,(- p+1 j))))))))) simpler)
(for ((p (in-range 0 (add1 9))))
(printf "f(~a) = ~a~%" p (expression->infix-string (faulhaber p))))
</lang>
- Output:
f(0) = n f(1) = 1/2 * (n^2 + n) f(2) = 1/3 * (n^3 + (3/2 * n^2) + (1/2 * n)) f(3) = 1/4 * (n^4 + (2 * n^3) + n^2) f(4) = 1/5 * (n^5 + (5/2 * n^4) + (5/3 * n^3) + (-1/6 * n)) f(5) = 1/6 * (n^6 + (3 * n^5) + (5/2 * n^4) + (-1/2 * n^2)) f(6) = 1/7 * (n^7 + (7/2 * n^6) + (7/2 * n^5) + (-7/6 * n^3) + (1/6 * n)) f(7) = 1/8 * (n^8 + (4 * n^7) + (14/3 * n^6) + (-7/3 * n^4) + (2/3 * n^2)) f(8) = 1/9 * (n^9 + (9/2 * n^8) + (6 * n^7) + (-21/5 * n^5) + (2 * n^3) + (-3/10 * n)) f(9) = 1/10 * (n^10 + (5 * n^9) + (15/2 * n^8) + (-7 * n^6) + (5 * n^4) + (-3/2 * n^2))
Sidef
<lang ruby>func bernoulli_number((1)) { 1/2 } func bernoulli_number({.is_odd}) { 0/1 }
func bernoulli_number(n) {
var a = []; 0.to(n).each { |m| a[m] = 1/(m + 1) m.downto(1).each { |j| a[j-1] = j*(a[j-1] - a[j]) } }
return a[0]
}
func faulhaber_s_formula(p) {
var formula = gather { 0.to(p).each { |j| take "(#{binomial(p+1, j) * bernoulli_number(j) -> as_rat})*n^#{p+1 - j}" } }
formula.grep! { !.contains('(0)*') }.join!(' + ')
formula -= /\(1\)\*/g formula -= /\^1\b/g
"1/#{p + 1} * (#{formula})"
}
0.to(9).each { |p|
printf("%2d: %s\n", p, faulhaber_s_formula(p))
}</lang>
- Output:
f(0) = 1/1 * (n) f(1) = 1/2 * (n^2 + n) f(2) = 1/3 * (n^3 + (3/2)*n^2 + (1/2)*n) f(3) = 1/4 * (n^4 + (2)*n^3 + n^2) f(4) = 1/5 * (n^5 + (5/2)*n^4 + (5/3)*n^3 + (-1/6)*n) f(5) = 1/6 * (n^6 + (3)*n^5 + (5/2)*n^4 + (-1/2)*n^2) f(6) = 1/7 * (n^7 + (7/2)*n^6 + (7/2)*n^5 + (-7/6)*n^3 + (1/6)*n) f(7) = 1/8 * (n^8 + (4)*n^7 + (14/3)*n^6 + (-7/3)*n^4 + (2/3)*n^2) f(8) = 1/9 * (n^9 + (9/2)*n^8 + (6)*n^7 + (-21/5)*n^5 + (2)*n^3 + (-3/10)*n) f(9) = 1/10 * (n^10 + (5)*n^9 + (15/2)*n^8 + (-7)*n^6 + (5)*n^4 + (-3/2)*n^2)