My question is:
show m∑k=0(n−km−k)=(n+1m)
n≥m≥1
I tried to do this via induction and failed. there has to be another way of doing this.
We could either explain combinatorically that we are counting the same thing in 2 different ways, in this sense, we are counting the number of ways to choose m elements from a set with n+1 elements.
Or we could try like me to prove it algebraically, both ways are valid...I'd like some help, or a push in the right direction.
Answer
Hint: The right side counts the number of ways to pick m elements out of n+1.
For the left: partition the m-element subsets of n+1 based on the highest element that is NOT included in the subset.
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