Byszewski–Ulas digit-sum factorization conjecture

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Let r≥1r\ge 1, let N1,…,NrN_1,\ldots,N_r be positive integers, and let x1,…,xr,y1,…,yrx_1,\ldots,x_r,y_1,\ldots,y_r be variables. For each nonnegative integer nn, write s2(n)s_2(n) for the sum of the binary digits of nn. Byszewski–Ulas conjecture. One has

∑n1=02N1−1⋯∑nr=02Nr−1(−1)∑j=1rs2(nj)(∑j=1rs2(nj)xj+njyj)∑j=1rNj=(−1)∑j=1rNr(∑j=1rNj)!∏j=1r∏ij=0Nj−1(xj+2ijyj).\sum_{n_1=0}^{2^{N_1}-1}\cdots\sum_{n_r=0}^{2^{N_r}-1}(-1)^{\sum_{j=1}^r s_2(n_j)}\left(\sum_{j=1}^r s_2(n_j)x_j+n_jy_j\right)^{\sum_{j=1}^r N_j}=(-1)^{\sum_{j=1}^r N_r}\left(\sum_{j=1}^r N_j\right)!\prod_{j=1}^r\prod_{i_j=0}^{N_j-1}(x_j+2^{i_j}y_j).

The paper presents this as another conjecture of Byszewski and Ulas and states in the introduction that it proves and generalizes the two displayed conjectures. The identity gives a product factorization for a digit-sum-weighted power sum.

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Tanay Wakhare and Christophe Vignat, “Settling some sum suppositions”, arXiv:1805.10569 (2018).

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