Abstract
In this paper, we study some special polynomials which are related to Euler and Bernoulli polynomials. In addition, we give some identities for these polynomials. Finally, we investigate the zeros of these polynomials by using the computer.
Keywords:
Appell sequence; Appell numbers and polynomials; Bernoulli and Euler polynomials; cosine–Bernoulli and cosine–Euler polynomials; sine–Bernoulli and sine–Euler polynomials MSC:
11B68; 11S40; 11S80
1. Introduction
Many mathematicians have studied in the area of the Bernoulli numbers and polynomials, Euler numbers and polynomials, Genocchi numbers and polynomials, and tangent numbers and polynomials. The class of Appell polynomial sequences is one of the important classes of polynomial sequences. The Appell polynomial sequences arise in numerous problems of applied mathematics, mathematical physics and several other mathematical branches (see [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14]). The Appell polynomials can be defined by considering the following generating function:
where
Alternatively, the sequence is Appell sequence for if and only if
where
The typical examples of Appell polynomials are the Bernoulli and Euler polynomials (see [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14]). It is well known that the Bernoulli polynomials are defined by the generating function to be
When are called the Bernoulli numbers. The Euler polynomials are given by the generating function to be
When are called the Euler numbers.
The Bernoulli polynomials of order r are defined by the following generating function
The Frobenius–Euler polynomials of order denoted by are defined as
The values at are called Frobenius–Euler numbers of order r; when the polynomials or numbers are called ordinary Frobenius–Euler polynomials or numbers.
In this paper, we study some special polynomials which are related to Euler and Bernoulli polynomials. In addition, we give some identities for these polynomials. Finally, we investigate the zeros of these polynomials by using the computer.
2. Cosine–Bernoulli, Sine–Bernoulli, Cosine–Euler and Sine–Euler Polynomials
In this section, we define the cosine–Bernoulli, sine–Bernoulli, cosine–Euler and sine–Euler polynomials. Now, we consider the Euler polynomials that are given by the generating function to be
On the other hand, we observe that
From Equations (6) and (7), we have
and
Thus, by (8) and (9), we can derive
and
It follows that we define the following cosine–Euler polynomials and sine–Euler polynomials.
Definition 1.
The cosine–Euler polynomials and sine–Euler polynomials are defined by means of the generating functions
and
respectively.
Note that . The cosine–Euler and sine–Euler polynomials can be determined explicitly. A few of them are
and
By (10)–(13), we have
Clearly, we can get the following explicit representations of
Let
Then, by Taylor expansions of and , we get
and
where denotes taking the integer part. By (14)–(16), we get
and
The two polynomials can be determined explicitly. A few of them are
and
Now, we observe that
Therefore, we obtain the following theorem:
Theorem 1.
For , we have
and
From (12), we have
By (14) and (18), we get
Therefore, we obtain the following theorem:
Theorem 2.
For , we have
and
From (12), we note that
Therefore, we obtain the following theorem:
Theorem 3.
For , we have
and
Now, we observe that
By comparing the coefficients on the both sides, we get
Therefore, we obtain the following theorem:
Theorem 4.
For , we have
and
From (14) and (15), we have
Therefore, by Theorem 4 and (23), we obtain the following corollary:
Corollary 1.
For , we have
and
By (12), we get
Therefore, by comparing the coefficients on the both sides, we obtain the following theorem:
Theorem 5.
For , we have
and
Taking in Theorem 5, we obtain the following corollary:
Corollary 2.
For , we have
and
From Corollary 2, we note that
and
By (12), we get
Comparing the coefficients on the both sides of (27), we have
Similarly, for , we have
Now, we consider the Bernoulli polynomials that are given by the generating function to be
We also have
and
Thus, by (28) and (29), we can derive
and
It follows that we define the following cosine–Bernoulli and sine–Bernoulli polynomials.
Definition 2.
The cosine–Bernoulli polynomials and sine–Bernoulli polynomials are defined by means of the generating functions
and
respectively.
By (30), (31), (32), and (33), we have
Note that are the Bernoulli polynomials. The cosine–Bernoulli and sine–Bernoulli polynomials can be determined explicitly. A few of them are
and
From (32), we have
Comparing the coefficients on the both sides of (34), we obtain the following theorem:
Theorem 6.
For , we have
and
By replacing x by in (32), we get
Therefore, we obtain the following theorem:
Theorem 7.
For , we have
and
Now, we observe that
Thus, by (36), we get
Therefore, by (37), we obtain the following theorem:
Theorem 8.
For , we have
and
Now, we define the new type polynomials that are given by the generating functions to be
and
respectively.
Note that , , . The new type polynomials can be determined explicitly. A few of them are
and
From (38) and (39), we derive the following equations:
and
By (38)–(41), we get
and
From (12), (13), (38) and (39), we derive the following theorem:
Theorem 9.
For , we have
and
Now, we define the new type polynomials that are given by the generating functions to be
and
respectively.
Note that , , . The new type polynomials can be determined explicitly. A few of them are
and
From (44) and (45), we derive the following equations:
and
By (44)–(47), we get
and
From (32), (33), (44) and (45), we derive the following theorem:
Theorem 10.
For , we have
and
We remember that the classical Stirling numbers of the first kind and are defined by the relations (see [12])
respectively. Here, denotes the falling factorial polynomial of order n. The numbers also admit a representation in terms of a generating function
By (12), (51) and by using Cauchy product, we get
where with .
By comparing the coefficients on both sides of (52), we have the following theorem:
Theorem 11.
For , we have
By (12), (38), (50), (51) and by using Cauchy product, we have
By comparing the coefficients on both sides of (53), we have the following theorem:
Theorem 12.
For , we have
By (4), (12), (38), (50), (51) and by using Cauchy product, we have
By comparing the coefficients on both sides, we have the following theorem:
Theorem 13.
For and , we have
By (5), (12), (38), (50), (51) and by using the Cauchy product, we get
By comparing the coefficients on both sides, we have the following theorem:
Theorem 14.
For and , we have
By Theorems 12–14, we have the following corollary.
Corollary 3.
For and , we have
3. Distribution of Zeros of the Cosine–Euler and Sine–Euler Polynomials
This section aims to demonstrate the benefit of using numerical investigation to support theoretical prediction and to discover a new interesting pattern of the zeros of the cosine–Euler and sine–Euler polynomials. Using a computer, a realistic study for the cosine–Euler polynomials and sine–Euler polynomials is very interesting. It is the aim of this paper to observe an interesting phenomenon of “scattering” of the zeros of the the cosine–Euler polynomials and sine–Euler polynomials in a complex plane. We investigate the beautiful zeros of the cosine–Euler and sine–Euler polynomials by using a computer. We plot the zeros of the cosine–Euler polynomials (Figure 1).
Figure 1.
Zeros of .
In Figure 1 (top-left), we choose and . In Figure 1 (top-right), we choose and . In Figure 1 (bottom-left), we choose and . In Figure 1 (bottom-right), we choose and .
We plot the zeros of the sine–Euler polynomials (Figure 2).
Figure 2.
Zeros of .
In Figure 2 (top-left), we choose and . In Figure 2 (top-right), we choose and . In Figure 2 (bottom-left), we choose and . In Figure 2 (bottom-right), we choose and .
We observe that has reflection symmetry in addition to the usual reflection symmetry analytic complex functions, where ( Figure 1 and Figure 2).
Since
we obtain
Hence, we have the following theorem:
Theorem 15.
If , then
If , then
Our numerical results for numbers of real and complex zeros of the cosine–Euler polynomials are displayed (Table 1).
Table 1.
Numbers of real and complex zeros of .
Our numerical results for numbers of real and complex zeros of the sine–Euler polynomials are displayed (Table 2).
Table 2.
Numbers of real and complex zeros of .
Stacks of zeros of the cosine–Euler polynomials for from a 3D structure are presented (Figure 3).
Figure 3.
Stacks of zeros of .
In Figure 3 (left), we choose . In Figure 3 (right), we choose . The plot of real zeros of the cosine–Euler polynomials for structure are presented (Figure 4).
Figure 4.
Real zeros of .
In Figure 4 (left), we choose . In Figure 4 (right), we choose . Stacks of zeros of the sine–Euler polynomials for from a 3D structure are presented (Figure 5).
Figure 5.
Stacks of zeros of .
In Figure 5 (left), we choose . In Figure 3 (right), we choose . The plot of real zeros of the sine–Euler polynomials for structure are presented (Figure 6).
Figure 6.
Real zeros of .
We observe a remarkable regular structure of the complex roots of the cosine–Euler polynomials . We also hope to verify a remarkable regular structure of the complex roots of the cosine–Euler polynomials . Next, we calculated an approximate solution satisfying . The results are given in Table 3.
Table 3.
Approximate solutions of .
Next, we calculated an approximate solution satisfying . The results are given in Table 4.
Table 4.
Approximate solutionsof .
Author Contributions
T.K. and C.S.R. wrote and checked the results of the paper; C.S.R. conducted numerical experiments of this paper; T.K. completed the revision of the article.
Funding
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No. 2017R1A2B4006092).
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the referees for their valuable comments.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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