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In mathematics, poly-Bernoulli numbers, denoted as B_^, were defined by M. Kaneko as :=\sum_^B_^ where ''Li'' is the
polylogarithm In mathematics, the polylogarithm (also known as Jonquière's function, for Alfred Jonquière) is a special function of order and argument . Only for special values of does the polylogarithm reduce to an elementary function such as the natu ...
. The B_^ are the usual
Bernoulli number In mathematics, the Bernoulli numbers are a sequence of rational numbers which occur frequently in analysis. The Bernoulli numbers appear in (and can be defined by) the Taylor series expansions of the tangent and hyperbolic tangent functions ...
s. Moreover, the Generalization of Poly-Bernoulli numbers with a,b,c parameters defined as follows :c^=\sum_^B_^(t;a,b,c) where ''Li'' is the
polylogarithm In mathematics, the polylogarithm (also known as Jonquière's function, for Alfred Jonquière) is a special function of order and argument . Only for special values of does the polylogarithm reduce to an elementary function such as the natu ...
. Kaneko also gave two combinatorial formulas: :B_^=\sum_^(-1)^m!S(n,m)(m+1)^, :B_^=\sum_^ (j!)^S(n+1,j+1)S(k+1,j+1), where S(n,k) is the number of ways to partition a size n set into k non-empty subsets (the
Stirling number of the second kind In mathematics, particularly in combinatorics, a Stirling number of the second kind (or Stirling partition number) is the number of ways to partition a set of ''n'' objects into ''k'' non-empty subsets and is denoted by S(n,k) or \textstyle \le ...
). A combinatorial interpretation is that the poly-Bernoulli numbers of negative index enumerate the set of n by k (0,1)-matrices uniquely reconstructible from their row and column sums. Also it is the number of open tours by a biased rook on a board \underbrace_\underbrace_ (see A329718 for definition). The Poly-Bernoulli number B_^ satisfies the following asymptotic:. B_^ \sim (k!)^2 \sqrt\left( \frac \right) ^, \quad \text k \rightarrow \infty. For a positive integer ''n'' and a prime number ''p'', the poly-Bernoulli numbers satisfy :B_n^ \equiv 2^n \pmod p, which can be seen as an analog of Fermat's little theorem. Further, the equation :B_x^ + B_y^ = B_z^ has no solution for integers ''x'', ''y'', ''z'', ''n'' > 2; an analog of