Binomial sequences

Andrzej Nowicki

Abstract


We present a description of all binomial sequences of polynomials in one variable over a field of characteristic zero.

Keywords


binomial sequence; lower factorial; upper factorial; linear operator of type zero; binomial convolution; principal sequence

Mathematics Subject Classification (2010)


05A10; 11B65; 11T06; 13F25

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