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A q-analogue of some binomial coefficient identities of Y. Sun

Combinatorics 2012-04-10 v2

Abstract

We give a qq-analogue of some binomial coefficient identities of Y. Sun [Electron. J. Combin. 17 (2010), #N20] as follows: {align*} \sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor n/2\rfloor}{m+k\brack k}_{q^2}{m+1\brack n-2k}_{q} q^{n-2k\choose 2} &={m+n\brack n}_{q}, \sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor n/4\rfloor}{m+k\brack k}_{q^4}{m+1\brack n-4k}_{q} q^{n-4k\choose 2} &=\sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor n/2\rfloor}(-1)^k{m+k\brack k}_{q^2}{m+n-2k\brack n-2k}_{q}, {align*} where [nk]q{n\brack k}_q stands for the qq-binomial coefficient. We provide two proofs, one of which is combinatorial via partitions.

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@article{arxiv.1008.1469,
  title  = {A q-analogue of some binomial coefficient identities of Y. Sun},
  author = {Victor J. W. Guo and Dan-Mei Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.1469},
  year   = {2012}
}

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