1.DMIF, Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Informatiche e Fisiche,Università di Udine,Udine,Italy;2.INFN, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste,Trieste,Italy
Abstract:
We obtain an explicit formula in terms of the partitions of the positive integer n to express the nth coefficient of the formal series expansion of the reciprocal of a given function. A brief survey shows that our arithmetic proof differs from others, some obtained already in the XIX century. Examples are given to establish explicit formulas for Bernoulli, Euler, and Fibonacci numbers.