Un autre q-analogue des nombres d’Euler

Abstract

The ordinary generating functions of the secant and tangent numbers have very simple continued fraction expansions. However, the classical q-secant and q-tangent numbers do not give a natural q-analogue of these continued fractions. In this paper, we introduce a different q-analogue of Euler numbers using q-difference operator and show that their generating functions have simple continued fraction expansions. Furthermore, by establishing an explicit bijection between some Motzkin paths and (k,r)-multipermutations we derive combinatorial interpretations for these q-numbers. Finally the allied q-Euler median numbers are also studied.