Computation of certain infinite series of the form ∑ f (n) nk for arbitrary real-valued k

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1209-1216

  Van Gorder, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications of Taylor series; Computation of infinite series; Fractional calculus; Generalized Bell polynomials; Generating functions

Indexed keywords

BELL NUMBER; CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; COMPUTATION OF INFINITE SERIES; FRACTIONAL CALCULUS; GENERAL METHOD; GENERALIZED BELL POLYNOMIALS; GENERATING FUNCTIONS; INFINITE SERIES;

BELLS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; TAYLOR SERIES;

POLYNOMIALS;

EID: 69249221239     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2009.06.064     Document Type: Article

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