Carlitz’s identity for the Bernoulli numbers and Zeon algebra.

Abstract

In this work we provide a new short proof of Carlitz’s identity for the Bernoulli numbers. Our approach is based on the ordinary generating function for the Bernoulli numbers and a Grassmann-Berezin integral representation of the Bernoulli numbers in the context of the Zeon algebra, which comprises an associative and commutative algebra with nilpotent generators.