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Faulhaber formula to calculate sum of powers of integers using a generator for Bernouilli numbers
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from scipy.special import binom as binomial | |
def bernouilli_gen(init=1): | |
"""generator of Bernouilli numbers | |
:param init: int -1 or +1. | |
* -1 for "first Bernoulli numbers" with B1=-1/2 | |
* +1 for "second Bernoulli numbers" with B1=+1/2 | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli_number | |
https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Bernoulli_numbers#Python:_Optimised_task_algorithm | |
""" | |
from fractions import Fraction | |
B, m = [], 0 | |
while True: | |
B.append(Fraction(1, m+1)) | |
for j in range(m, 0, -1): | |
B[j-1] = j*(B[j-1] - B[j]) | |
yield init*B[0] if m==1 else B[0]# (which is Bm) | |
m += 1 | |
def faulhaber(n,p): | |
""" sum of the p-th powers of the first n positive integers | |
:return: 1^p + 2^p + 3^p + ... + n^p | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faulhaber%27s_formula | |
""" | |
s=0 | |
for j,a in enumerate(bernouilli_gen()): | |
if j>p : break | |
s=s+binomial(p+1,j)*a*n**(p+1-j) | |
return s//(p+1) |
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yes tdsymonds, your're right. Thanks!
BTW this code is part of my Goulib.math2 library (in fact it will be in the forthcoming version...)
I also wrote a blog article about this (in french) here: http://www.drgoulu.com/2016/05/31/pyramides-et-sommes-de-puissances/