Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 20 (2017), Article 17.2.3

The Dual of Spivey’s Bell Number Identity from Zeon Algebra


Antônio Francisco Neto
DEPRO, Escola de Minas
Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, UFOP
35400-000 Ouro Preto MG
Brazil

Abstract:

In this paper, we give a new short proof of the dual of Spivey's Bell number identity due to Mező. Our approach follows from basic manipulations involving a fundamental identity representing factorials in the Zeon algebra. This work, along with a previous one due to the author and dos Anjos, shows that Spivey's and Mező's identities have at their root a common underlying algebraic origin.


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(Concerned with sequences A000142 A132393.)


Received August 1 2016; revised version received November 26 2016. Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, December 27 2016.


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