Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a new class of special polynomials called the generalized Bell polynomials, constructed by combining two-variable general polynomials with two-variable Bell polynomials. The concept of the monomiality principle was employed to establish the generating function and obtain various results for these polynomials. We explore certain related identities, properties, as well as differential and integral formulas. Further, specific members within the generalized Bell family—such as the Gould-Hopper-Bell polynomials, Laguerre-Bell polynomials, truncated-exponential-Bell polynomials, Hermite-Appell-Bell polynomials, and Fubini-Bell polynomials—were examined, unveiling analogous outcomes for each. Finally, Mathematica was utilized to investigate the zero distributions of the Gould-Hopper-Bell polynomials.
Keywords:
Bell polynomials; two-variable general polynomials; generalized Bell polynomials; Gould-Hopper-Bell polynomials; generating function; zero distribution MSC:
05A10; 11B68; 11B73; 33B10
1. Introduction
Special functions have considerable roles in many branches of mathematics, theoretical physics, and engineering (see [1,2,3]). We realize that various problems in engineering and physics are framed in terms of differential equations, and most of these equations can be investigated by using several families of special polynomials. Further, these special polynomials allow the derivation of various helpful identities in a fairly straightforward way and are useful in introducing new classes of special polynomials. Bell polynomials are some of the most important special polynomials due to their various applications in different mathematical frameworks (see [2,3,4]). Moreover, Bell polynomials play an important role in the studies of water waves which help energy development, mechanical engineering, marine/offshore engineering, hydraulic engineering, etc. [5,6,7,8,9].
Throughout this study, the following notations and definitions are used: and .
The two-variable Bell polynomials (2VBelP) [10,11] are defined by
Taking in generating function (1), we obtain
where denotes the classical Bell polynomials [1,12,13].
Let . Then the compositional inverse of is given by
We consider the new type of Bell numbers, which are called Bell numbers of the second kind [14], and are defined by
Note that the classical Bell polynomials satisfy the following relation (see [13])
where denotes Stirling numbers of the second kind [14] which are defined by
The two-variable general polynomials (2VGP) [15] are defined by
where
The idea of monomiality arises from the concept of poweroid proposed by Steffensen [16]. This idea is reformulated and systematically used by Dattoli [17]. According to the monomiality principle [16,17] a given polynomial set is said to be quasi-monomial, if two operators , called “multiplicative” and “derivative” operators, respectively, can be defined in such a way that
for all . Also, the operators and satisfy the commutation relation
and thus display the Weyl group structure. If the considered polynomial set is quasi-monomial, its properties can be easily derived from these of the and operators. In fact the following holds:
- (i)
- If and have differential realizations, then the polynomials satisfy the differential equation
- (ii)
- Assuming that , then the polynomials can be explicitly constructed aswhich gives the series definition of .
- (iii)
- In view of identity (14), the exponential generating function of can be written in the form
The 2VGP are quasi-monomial [15] with respect to the following operators:
and
respectively.
According to the monomiality principle, the 2VGP satisfy the following identities:
The 2VGP family contains a number of significant two-variable special polynomials. Based on suitable choice of the function , various members belonging to the family of two-variable general polynomials can be obtained.
Taking in generating function (8), gives
where are the two-variable truncated-exponential polynomials of order s [20].
Recently, numerous researchers have utilized the operational methods together with the monomiality principle [19,20] to establish and investigate new mixed families of special polynomials [24,25,26,27,28,29,30]. Bell polynomials and their diverse generalizations have been densely considered and investigated by many mathematicians. For instance, Duran et al. [10] studied the Bell-based Bernoulli polynomials and their applications. Duran et al. [11] introduced Bell-based Genocchi polynomials and established certain of their properties. Khan et al. [31] defined Bell-based Euler polynomials and investigated some of their properties. Kim et al. [14] investigated a new approach to Bell and poly-Bell numbers and polynomials and discussed some of their properties. Kim et al. [13] investigated some identities of Bell polynomials. Kim et al. [32] studied partially degenerate Bell numbers and polynomials by using umbral calculus and derived some new identities. Kim et al. [25] studied some identities of degenerate Bell polynomials and their properties.
Motivated by the above-mentioned works, in this paper, by combining the two-variable general polynomials with two-variable Bell polynomials, we present a new generalized family of hybrid special polynomials, namely, the generalized Bell polynomials, that is in Definition 1. These polynomials are the most generalizations of the used polynomials, and many other published results are considered as special cases of our current results. The multiplicative and derivative operators, as well as differential equations for this family of polynomials, are also obtained. Next, the series representations and certain other important formulas for the generalized Bell polynomials are derived. Additionally, we obtain partial derivative and integral relations involving these polynomials. Further, certain members related to the generalized Bell polynomials are considered. Finally, we discuss the zero distributions of Gould-Hopper-Bell polynomials.
2. Generalized Bell Polynomials
In this section, we introduce a class of generalized Bell polynomials through generating functions. Then, the generating function is used to derive the related multiplicative and derivative operators, differential equation, and certain series representations.
In generating function (1), replacing and by the multiplicative operator (16) of the 2VGP and z, respectively, gives
Using Equation (21) in the above equation and denoting by the resultant generalized Bell polynomials (GBelP) , gives
Now, utilizing Equation (8) in the above equation, we reach the following definition.
Definition 1.
The generalized Bell polynomials are defined be the following generating function
Remark 1.
Setting in generating relation (29), we obtain
where are called two-variable generalized Bell polynomials.
Remark 2.
To show that the generalized Bell polynomials are quasi-monomial, we prove the following results:
Theorem 1.
The generalized Bell polynomials are quasi-monomial with respect to the following multiplicative and derivative operators:
and
respectively.
Proof.
Obviously, we have
Differentiating Equation (29) partially with respect to , gives
Theorem 2.
The generalized Bell polynomials satisfy the following differential equation:
Proof.
Next, by using the generating function (29), we establish some identities and relations including the generalized Bell polynomials.
Theorem 3.
The generalized Bell polynomials satisfy the following series representations:
Proof.
Theorem 4.
For , we have
Proof.
Theorem 5.
For , we have
Proof.
Theorem 6.
The following implicit summation formula holds true:
Proof.
Remark 3.
Taking and replacing σ by in Equation (47), we obtain
3. Differential and Integral Formulas
In this section, we derive certain differential and integral formulas associated with generalized Bell polynomials .
Theorem 7.
Let . Then, the following formula holds true:
Proof.
Remark 4.
When in (53), we obtain
Theorem 8.
Let . Then, the following formula holds true:
Proof.
Similarly, we can prove the following results.
Theorem 9.
Let . Then, the following formulas hold true:
where denotes the Bernoulli numbers [33].
Theorem 10.
The following formula holds true:
Proof.
Similarly, we can prove the following results.
Theorem 11.
The following formulas hold true:
In the next section, certain special members of the generalized Bell polynomials are considered.
4. Special Members
Here, we present some special hybrid members of the generalized Bell polynomials . The obtained results in the previous sections are used to investigate the corresponding results for these members.
I. Taking in generating function (29), gives
where are called the Gould-Hopper-Bell polynomials. Certain corresponding results related to these polynomials are mentioned in Table 1.
Table 1.
Results for Gould-Hopper-Bell polynomials .
II. Taking in generating function (29), gives
where are called the Laguerre-Bell polynomials. Certain corresponding results related to these polynomials are mentioned in Table 2.
Table 2.
Results for Laguerre-Bell polynomials .
III. Taking in generating function (29), gives
where are called the truncated-exponential-Bell polynomials of order s. Certain corresponding results related to these polynomials are mentioned in Table 3.
Table 3.
Results for the truncated-exponential-Bell polynomials of order s.
IV. Taking in generating function (29), gives
where are called the Hermite-Appell-Bell polynomials. Certain corresponding results related to these polynomials are mentioned in Table 4.
Table 4.
Results for Hermite-Appell-Bell polynomials .
V. Taking in generating function (29), gives
where are called the Fubini-Bell polynomials. Certain corresponding results related to these polynomials are mentioned in Table 5.
Table 5.
Results for Fubini-Bell polynomials .
5. Applications in Computer Modeling
Here, we discuss zero distributions and show some graphical representations of the Gould-Hopper-Bell polynomials (GHBelP) for some values of the parameters and indices.
In view of (67), the first few members of the GHBelP for are:
The graphs of these members for and are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Graphs of , for .
The zero distribution of some members of the GHBelP , i.e., for are shown in Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6, Figure 7, Figure 8 and Figure 9.
Figure 2.
Zero distribution of .
Figure 3.
Zero distribution of .
Figure 4.
Zero distribution of .
Figure 5.
Zero distribution of .
Figure 6.
Zero distribution of .
Figure 7.
Zero distribution of .
Figure 8.
Zero distribution of .
Figure 9.
Zero distribution of .
Remark 5.
We observed that the GHBelP for of degree ε has ε zeros and these zeros have the following properties:
- 1.
- If ε is odd, the GHBelP has one real zero and complex zeros.
- 2.
- If ε is even, the GHBelP has ε complex zeros.
- 3.
- The zeros of the GHBelP are symmetric with respect to the real axis.
The 3D structure of zeros distribution of GHBelP is presented in Figure 10.
Figure 10.
Zero distribution of . This figure shows the 3D plot of the zeros of Gould-Hopper-Bell polynomials for and .
6. Conclusions
Recently, the hybrid forms of special polynomials and numbers have gained worthy consideration by various researchers. The operational methods developed within the context of the monomiality principle offer the opportunity to establish new classes of hybrid special polynomials. In this paper, we introduced a new class of hybrid special polynomials, namely, the generalized Bell polynomials. The generating function and diverse results for these polynomials are obtained. We explored certain related identities, properties, as well as differential and integral formulas. Further, certain special members of the generalized Bell family—such as the Gould-Hopper-Bell polynomials, Laguerre-Bell polynomials, truncated-exponential-Bell polynomials, Hermite-Appell-Bell polynomials, and Fubini-Bell polynomials—were examined, unveiling analogous outcomes for each. Our current results are the most generalizations of the used polynomials, and many other published results are considered as special cases of our current results. Furthermore, we used Mathematica to examine the zeros of Gould-Hopper-Bell polynomials and show that these zeros are symmetric about the real axis, see Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6, Figure 7, Figure 8 and Figure 9. The 3D distribution of the zeros can be also viewed in the graph which is given in Figure 10. The integral equations containing these types of special polynomials and related applications can be investigated in further studies.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, A.M., R.A.A.-J. and W.F.H.A.-s.; software, A.M.; validation, R.A.A.-J. and W.F.H.A.-s.; investigation, A.M.; resources, A.M.; writing—original draft preparation, A.M.; writing—review and editing, A.M.; visualization, W.F.H.A.-s.; supervision, R.A.A.-J. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This work was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Najran University, under the Distinguished Research Funding program grant code (NU/DRP/SERC/12/4).
Informed Consent Statement
Not applicable.
Data Availability Statement
Data are contained within the article.
Acknowledgments
The authors are thankful to the Deanship of Scientific Research at Najran University for funding this work under the Distinguished Research Funding program grant code (NU/DRP/SERC/12/4).
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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