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Jake1802
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Homework Statement
How can i prove this relationship
\sum _{i=0}^k \text{Binomial}[n+1,k-2i] - \sum _{i=0}^k \text{Binomial}[n,k-2i]=\sum _{i=0}^k \text{Binomial}[n,k-1-2i]
Homework Equations
Binomial (n,k)=n^k/k!
The Attempt at a Solution
I attempted subbing into mathyematica but this didn't work so i attempted by hand and got completely lost. Any helpful comments would be helpful.
Result from Mathematica
-Binomial[n, -1 + k] HypergeometricPFQ[{1, 1/2 - k/2,
1 - k/2}, {1 - k/2 + n/2, 3/2 - k/2 + n/2}, 1] -
Binomial[n,
k] HypergeometricPFQ[{1, 1/2 - k/2, -(k/2)}, {1/2 - k/2 + n/2,
1 - k/2 + n/2}, 1] +
Binomial[1 + n,
k] HypergeometricPFQ[{1, 1/2 - k/2, -(k/2)}, {1 - k/2 + n/2,
3/2 - k/2 + n/2}, 1]
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