Bernoulli--Dedekind Sums
Matthias Beck, Anastasia Chavez

TL;DR
This paper introduces Bernoulli--Dedekind sums, generalizing classical arithmetic sums, and proves a reciprocity theorem that unifies various results across number theory, topology, and geometry.
Contribution
It defines Bernoulli--Dedekind sums and establishes a reciprocity theorem with a simple combinatorial proof, unifying multiple classical sums.
Findings
Introduced Bernoulli--Dedekind sums as a generalization of classical sums.
Proved a reciprocity theorem for these sums.
Unified various arithmetic sums under a common framework.
Abstract
Let , , and denote the th periodized Bernoulli polynomial by . We study expressions of the form \[ \sum_{h \bmod{a_k}} \ \prod_{\substack{i=1\\ i\not=k}}^{n} \ \B_{p_i}\left(a_i \frac{h+x_k}{a_k}-x_i\right). \] These \highlight{Bernoulli--Dedekind sums} generalize and unify various arithmetic sums introduced by Dedekind, Apostol, Carlitz, Rademacher, Sczech, Hall--Wilson--Zagier, and others. Generalized Dedekind sums appear in various areas such as analytic and algebraic number theory, topology, algebraic and combinatorial geometry, and algorithmic complexity. We exhibit a reciprocity theorem for the Bernoulli--Dedekind sums, which gives a unifying picture through a simple combinatorial proof.
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TopicsAdvanced Mathematical Identities · Analytic Number Theory Research · Advanced Algebra and Geometry
