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On a combinatorial identity of Chaundy and Bullard

General Mathematics 2022-05-03 v1

Abstract

We give two new proofs of the Chaundy-Bullard formula (1x)n+1k=0m(n+kk)xk+xm+1k=0n(m+kk)(1x)k=1 (1-x)^{n+1} \sum_{k=0}^m {n+k\choose k} x^k +x^{m+1}\sum_{k=0}^n {m+k\choose k} (1-x)^k=1 and we prove the "twin formula" (1x)(n+1)(n+1)!k=0mn+1n+k+1x(k)k!+x(m+1)(m+1)!k=0nm+1m+k+1(1x)(k)k!=1, \frac{ (1-x)^{(n+1)}}{(n+1)!} \sum_{k=0}^m \frac{n+1}{n+k+1} \frac{ x^{(k)}}{k!} + \frac{ x^{(m+1)}}{(m+1)!} \sum_{k=0}^n \frac{m+1}{m+k+1} \frac{ (1-x)^{(k)}}{k!}=1, where z(n)z^{(n)} denotes the rising factorial. Moreover, we present identities involving the incomplete beta function and a certain combinatorial sum.

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@article{arxiv.2205.00480,
  title  = {On a combinatorial identity of Chaundy and Bullard},
  author = {Horst Alzer and Omran Kouba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.00480},
  year   = {2022}
}

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