• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.145-160
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• 2009

In the end of 20th century, the concept of p-adic invariant q-integral was introduced by Taekyun Kim. The p-adic invariant q-integral is the extension of Jackson's q-integral on complex space. It is also considered as the answer of the question whether the ultra non-archimedian integral exists or not. In this paper, we investigate the background of historical mathematics for the p-adic invariant q-integral on $Z_p$ and the trend of the research in this field at present.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.71-84
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• 2007

J. Bernoulli first discovered the method which one can produce those formulae for the sum $S_n(k)=\sum_{{\iota}=1}^n\;{\iota}^k$ for any natural numbers k. After then, there has been increasing interest in Bernoulli and Euler numbers associated with Riemann zeta functions. Recently, Kim have been studied extended q-Bernoulli numbers and q-Euler numbers associated with p-adic q-integral on $\mathbb{Z}_p$, and sums of powers of consecutive q-integers, etc. In this paper, we investigate for the historical background and evolution process of the sums of powers of consecutive q-integers and discuss for Euler zeta functions subjects which are studying related to these areas in the recent.