Wednesday, 29 January 2014

combinatorics - How does this image prove the identity 1+2+3+4cdots+(n1)=binomn2?











Proof without words:



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How does this image prove the identity 1+2+3+4+(n1)=(n2)?





I found this here; could anybody explain this in a lucid manner?


Answer



This shows that every yellow circle uniquely determines a pair of blue circles and vice versa. The number of yellow ones is the LHS, the number of pairs of blue ones is the RHS. Cute!


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