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2022/101/3-4 (8) — DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2022.9283 — pp. 373-395

Generalized binomials in fractional calculus

Authors: Mirko D'Ovidio, Anna Chiara Lai and Paola Loreti

Abstract:

We consider a class of generalized binomials emerging in fractional calculus. After establishing some general properties, we focus on a particular (yet relevant) case, for which we provide several ready-for-use combinatorial identities, including an adapted version of Pascal's rule. We then investigate the associated generating functions, for which we establish a recursive, combinatorial and integral formulation. From this, we derive an asymptotic version of the Binomial Theorem. A combinatorial and asymptotic analysis of some finite sums completes the paper.

Keywords: factorials, binomial coefficients, Gamma function

Mathematics Subject Classification: 05A10, 26A33