Using the fact that ∑nk=0k(k+1)=n(n+1)(n+2)3, give a closed form sum for:
∑3nk=2n+1k(k+1).
So I made the substitution i=k−(2n+1), and the new summation I wrote is:
∑n−1i=0(i+2n+1)(i+2n+2).
How do I give a closed form sum for this?
My guess is 2n+1 is just a constant so if we define A:=2n+1, we have ∑n−1i=0(i+A)(i+A+1), which kind of looks of the form ∑nk=0k(k+1)=n(n+1)(n+2)3. Where do I go from here? I tried expanding the polynomial and separated the summation across the monomials but I end up with summations like ∑n−1i=0A2 which I don't know how to evaluate since the index of summation is not present.
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