The polynomial form of Sk,j(n)S_{k,j}(n)

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Let t:=n(n+1)t:=n(n+1), and define

g1(n):=1,gj(n):=j(j−1)!∏q=1j−1(jn+q)(j≥2).g_1(n):=1,\qquad g_j(n):=\frac{j}{(j-1)!}\prod_{q=1}^{j-1}(jn+q)\quad (j\geq 2).

Polynomial-factorization conjecture. There exist polynomials Pk(t,x)P_k(t,x) in xx of degree kk, with coefficients rationally depending on tt, such that

Sk,j(n)=tk+12k+1Pk(t,x)∣x=jgj(n).S_{k,j}(n)=\frac{t^{k+1}}{2^{k+1}}\left.P_k(t,x)\right|_{x=j}g_j(n).

The conjecture is the paper's main conjecture for the general sums; the source records explicit examples through k=7k=7 and notes that no recursion relation is known in general, although specialization at t=2t=2 recovers Tuenter's polynomials.

References

Primary source

Andrei K. Svinin, “Conjectures involving a generalization of the sums of powers of integers”, arXiv:1610.05387 (2017).

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