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Short note on the convolution of binomial coefficients

Published 8 Feb 2013 in math.CO | (1302.2100v1)

Abstract: We know [Rui Duarte and Ant\'onio Guedes de Oliveira, New developments of an old identity, manuscript arXiv:1203.5424, submitted.] that, for every non-negative integer numbers $n,i,j$ and for every real number $\ell$, $$ \sum_{i+j=n} \binom{2i-\ell}{i} \binom{2j+\ell}{j} = \sum_{i+j=n}\binom{2i}{i} \binom{2j}{j}, $$ which is well-known to be $4n$. We extend this result by proving that, indeed, $$ \sum_{i+j=n} \binom{ai+k-\ell}{i} \binom{aj+\ell}{j} = \sum_{i+j=n} \binom{ai+k}{i} \binom{aj}{j} $$ for every integer $a$ and for every real $k$, and present new expressions for this value.

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