Tuesday, 31 October 2017

combinatorics - combinatorial proof for binomial identity



Consider the following binomial identity:
nk=0(1)k(nk)g(k)=0
for every polynomial g(k) with degree less than n.



My Proof
Every polynomial g(k) of degree t can be represented in the following form
g(k)=tl=0cl(k)l,
where
(k)l=k(k1)(kl+1),
ans cl are some coefficients.



For every $lnk=0(1)k(nk)(k)l=nk=l(1)k(nk)(k)l=nk=l(1)kn!k!k!(nk)!(kl)!=nk=l(1)kn!k!k!(nk)!(kl)!=n!(nl)!nk=l(1)k(nl)!(nk)!(kl)!=n!(nl)!nk=l(1)k(nlnk)=0,
therefore,
nk=0(1)k(nk)g(k)=0.



Question
Do you know some other proofs of this identity? I'm most interested in combinatorial proof.



Answer



Let n a positive integer and E the real vector space of polynomials with degree $

Consider the linear map φ:EE,P(X)P(X)P(X+1).



For every nonzero P(X)E, we observe that deg(φ(P(X))<deg(P(X)). This leads to φn=0 (of course φk means φφ with k times φ).



Now consider the map ψ:EE,P(X)P(X+1), so that φ=idEψ.



Since ψ and idE commute, we can apply Newton's binomial formula and get :




nk=0(nk)(1)kψk=(idEψ)n=φn=0



So, for any P(X)E :



nk=0(nk)(1)kP(X+k)=0Evaluating in 0, we finally get :



nk=0(nk)(1)kP(k)=0


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