A probabilistic interpretation of the Volkenborn integral

Abstract

In this paper, we provide a probabilistic interpretation of the Volkenborn integral; this allows us to extend results by T. Kim et al about sums of Euler numbers to sums of Bernoulli numbers. We also obtain a probabilistic representation of the multidimensional Volkenborn integral which allows us to derive a multivariate version of Raabe's multiplication theorem for the higher-order Bernoulli and Euler polynomials.