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Sum of kⁿ/k! and kⁿ·rᵏ/k! over an infinite range is unevaluated (Dobiński's formula) #576
ce.box(['Sum',['Divide',['Power','k',3],['Factorial','k']],['Limits','k',1,'PositiveInfinity']]).evaluate();// Sum(k^3 / k!, k = 1..∞) (simplify() the same; .N() is the float 13.591409142296198)ce.parse('\\sum_{k=0}^\\infty \\frac{k^2 x^k}{k!}').evaluate();// unevaluatedce.parse('\\sum_{k=0}^\\infty \\frac{k^2 + k}{k!}').evaluate();// unevaluated
Σ_{k≥0} 1/k! is e and Σ_{k≥a} xᵏ/k! is eˣ − Σ_{k<a} xᵏ/k! (namedSeriesClosedForm), but any power of k over k! is not recognized.
Wolfram gives Sum[k^3/k!, {k, 1, Infinity}] = 5 E, Sum[k^2 x^k/k!, {k, 0, Infinity}] = E^x (x + x^2), Sum[(k^2 + k)/k!, {k, 0, Infinity}] = 3 E and Sum[k^2/k!, {k, 2, Infinity}] = -1 + 2 E.
The values are Dobiński's formula Σ_{k≥0} kⁿ/k! = e·Bₙ (Bₙ the Bell number) and its generalization with a ratio, Σ kⁿ·rᵏ/k! = eʳ·Tₙ(r), Tₙ(r) = Σⱼ S(n, j)·rʲ the Touchard polynomial (Stirling numbers of the second kind); Σ k³/k! = e·B₃ = 5e. The series are entire in r, so the closed form has no convergence condition, as the existing rᵏ/k! entry.
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