  Let $\{a_{1}, a_{2},\ldots, a_{n},\ldots\}$ be a sequence of complex numbers
which has at most polynomial growth and satisfies an extra assumption. In this
paper, inspired by a recent work of Sasane, we give an explanation of the sum
$$a_{1}+2a_{2}+3a_{3}+\cdots+na_{n}+\cdots,$$ and more generally, for any
$k\in\mathbb{N},$ the sum
$$1^{k}a_{1}+2^{k}a_{2}+3^{k}a_{3}+\cdots+n^{k}a_{n}+\cdots,$$ from the
viewpoint of distributions. As applications, we explain the following summation
formulas \begin{equation*} \begin{aligned}
1^{k}-2^{k}+3^{k}-\cdots&=-\frac{E_{k}(0)}{2}, \\
1^{k}+2^{k}+3^{k}+\cdots&=-\frac{B_{k+1}}{k+1}, \\
\epsilon^{1}1^{k}+\epsilon^{2}2^{k}+\epsilon^{3}3^{k}+\cdots&=-\frac{B_{k+1}(\epsilon)}{k+1},
\end{aligned} \end{equation*} where $E_{k}(0)$, $B_{k}$ and $B_{k}(\epsilon)$
are the Euler polynomials at 0, the Bernoulli numbers and the
Apostol--Bernoulli numbers, respectively.
