A probabilistic proof of a binomial identity
Probability
2016-06-14 v1
Abstract
We give an elementary probabilistic proof of a binomial identity. The proof is obtained by computing the probability of a certain event in two different ways, yielding two different expressions for the same quantity.
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@article{arxiv.1606.03545,
title = {A probabilistic proof of a binomial identity},
author = {Jonathon Peterson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.03545},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Published as a note in the American Mathematical Monthly