Abstract
In this paper, we study differential equations arising from the generating functions of the generalized Bell polynomials.We give explicit identities for the generalized Bell polynomials. Finally, we investigate the zeros of the generalized Bell polynomials by using numerical simulations.
1 Introduction
Recently, many mathematicians have worked in the are of the Bernoulli numbers, Euler numbers, Genocchi numbers, and tangent numbers (see [1–9]). The moments of the Poisson distribution are well-known to be connected to the combinatorics of the Bell and Stirling numbers. As is well known, the Bell numbers Bn are given by the generating function
The Bell polynomials Bn(λ) are given by the generating function
The generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ) are defined by the generating function
In particular the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, −λ) = Eλ[(Z+x−λ)n], λ, x ∈ ℝ, n ∈ ℕ where Z is a Poission random variable with parameter λ > 0 (see 10). The first few examples of generalized Bell polynomials are
Comparing the coefficients on both sides of (4), we obtain
Recently, many mathematicians have studied the differential equations arising from the generating functions of special polynomials (see [11–13]). In this paper, we study differential equations arising from the generating functions of generalized Bell polynomials. We give explicit identities for the generalized Bell polynomials. In addition, we investigate the zeros of the generalized Bell polynomials with numerical methods. Finally, we observe an interesting phenomenon of ‘scattering’ of the zeros of generalized Bell polynomials.
2 Differential equations associated with generalized Bell polynomials
Differential equations arising from the generating functions of special polynomials are studied by many authors in order to give explicit identities for special polynomials (see [11–13]). In this section, we study differential equations arising from the generating functions of generalized Bell polynomials.
Let
Then, by (6), we have
and
Continuing this process, we can guess that
Taking the derivative with respect to t in (9), we have
On the other hand, by replacing N by N + 1 in (9), we get
Comparing the coefficients on both sides of (10) and (11), we obtain
and
In addition, by (9), we get
By (14), we get
It is not difficult to show that
Thus, by (16), we also get
From (12), we note that
and
For i = 1, 2, 3 in (13), we have
and
Continuing this process, we can deduce that, for 1 ≤ i ≤ N,
Here, we note that the matrix ai (j,x,λ)0≤i,j≤N+1 is given by
Now, we give explicit expressions for ai (N + 1, x, λ). By (20), (21) and (22), we get
and
Continuing this process, we have
Therefore, by (24), we obtain the following theorem.
For N = 0, 1, 2, . . . , the differential equations
From (6), we note that
From Theorem 2.1 and (25), we can derive the following equation:
By comparing the coefficients on both sides of (26), we obtain the following theorem.
For k, N = 0, 1, 2, . . . , we have
Let us take k = 0 in (27). Then, we have the following corollary.
For N = 0, 1, 2, . . . , we have
For N = 0, 1, 2, . . . , the functional equations
have a solution
Here is a plot of the surface for this solution.
In Figure 1 (left), we choose −3 ≤ x ≤ 3, −1 ≤ t ≤ 1, and λ = −4. In Figure 1 (right), we choose −3 ≤ x ≤ 3, −1 ≤ t ≤ 1, and λ = 4.
3 Zeros of the generalized Bell polynomials
This section aims to demonstrate the benefit of using numerical investigation to support theoretical prediction and to discover new interesting pattern of the zeros of the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ). By using computer, the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ) can be determined explicitly. We display the shapes of the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ) and investigate the zeros of the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ). For n = 1, ..., 10, we can draw a plot of the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ), respectively. This shows the ten plots combined into one. We display the shape of Bn(x, λ), −10 ≤ x ≤ −10, λ = 4 (Figure 2).
We investigate the beautiful zeros of the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ) by using a computer. We plot the zeros of the Bn(x, λ) for n = 5, 10, 15, 20, λ = 4, and x ∈ ℂ (Figure 3).
In Figure 3 (top-left), we choose n = 5 and λ = 4. In Figure 3 (top-right), we choose n = 10 and λ = 4. In Figure 3 (bottom-left), we choose n = 15 and λ = 4 . In Figure 3 (bottom-right), we choose n = 20 and λ = 4. Prove that Bn(x, λ), x ∈ ℂ, has I m(x) = 0 reflection symmetry analytic complex functions (see Figure 3). Stacks of zeros of the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ) for 1 ≤ n ≤ 20, λ = 4 from a 3-D structure are presented (Figure 4).
Our numerical results for approximate solutions of real zeros of the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ) are displayed (Tables 1, 2).
degree n | real zeros | complex zeros |
---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 0 |
2 | 2 | 0 |
3 | 3 | 0 |
4 | 4 | 0 |
5 | 5 | 0 |
6 | 6 | 0 |
7 | 7 | 0 |
8 | 6 | 2 |
9 | 7 | 2 |
10 | 8 | 2 |
11 | 9 | 2 |
12 | 10 | 2 |
13 | 9 | 4 |
14 | 10 | 4 |
degree n | x |
---|---|
1 | 0 |
2 | -2.0000, 2.0000 |
3 | 3.62008, -3.28357, -0.336509 |
4 | 5.04407, -4.20888, -1.91657, 1.08138 |
5 | 6.34241, -4.89805, -3.12253, 2.3597, -0.681527 |
6 | 7.55109, -5.3997, -4.10205, 3.54357, -2.0558, 0.462889 |
7 | 8.69145, -5.70673, -4.95736, 4.65759, -3.19025, 1.54067, -1.03537 |
8 | 5.71699, -4.16654, 2.56659, -2.28486, -0.0564486 |
Plot of real zeros of Bn(x, λ) for 1 ≤ n ≤ 20 structure are presented (Figure 5).
We observe a remarkably regular structure of the complex roots of the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ). We hope to verify a remarkably regular structure of the complex roots of the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ) (Table 1). Next, we calculated an approximate solution satisfying Bn(x, λ) = 0, x ∈ ℂ. The results are given in Table 2.
Finally, we shall consider the more general problems. How many zeros does Bn(x, λ) have? Prove or disprove: Bn(x, λ) = 0 has n distinct solutions (see Table 2). Find the numbers of complex zeros CBn(x,λ) of Bn(x, λ), I m(x) ≠ 0. Since n is the degree of the polynomial Bn(x, λ), the number of real zeros RBn(x,λ) lying on the real line I m(x) = 0 is then RBn(x,λ) = n − CBn(x,λ), where CBn(x,λ) denotes complex zeros. See Table 1 for tabulated values of RBn(x, λ) and CBn(x,λ). The author has no doubt that investigations along this line will lead to a new approach employing numerical method in the research field of the generalized Bell polynomials Bn(x, λ) to appear in mathematics and physics. The reader may refer to [14, 15] for the details.
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