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How do I prove this identity?
Last edited by Agnishom (2017-04-25 01:18:48)
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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Possibly by snake oil...
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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Hm, but how do I start?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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Just to interject this though:
The problem of finding simple evaluations of major classes of sums that involve factorials,
binomial coefficients, and their q-analogues, has been completely solved. Sums that have
the rather general form specified in Section 3 can all be done algorithmically, that is to say,
you can do them on your own PC. Your computer evaluates the sum as a simple formula,
if that's possible, and gives you a proof that you can check, or gives you a proof that your
sum cannot be done" in simple closed form, if that is the case.
If you are to start doing lots of these then I suggest A=B and Generatingfunctionology and picking up the appropriate software from those books.
As a beginning course, let us examine the work of the first person to ever attack these sums in a systematic manner, Sister Mary Celine:
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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