I am reading up on Vandermonde's Identity, and so far I have found proofs for the identity using combinatorics, sets, and other methods. However, I am trying to find a proof that utilizes mathematical induction. Does anyone know of such a proof?
For those who don't know Vandermonde's Identity, here it is:
For every m≥0, and every 0≤r≤m, if r≤n, then
(m+nr)=r∑k=0(mk)(nr−k)
Answer
We have using the recursion formula for binomial coefficients the following for the induction step
(m+(n+1)r)=(m+nr)+(m+nr−1)=r∑k=0(mk)(nr−k)+r−1∑k=0(mk)(nr−1−k)=(mr)+r−1∑k=0(mk)((nr−k)+(nr−1−k))=(mr)(n+10)+r−1∑k=0(mk)(n+1r−k)=r∑k=0(mk)(n+1r−k)
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