Prove that $sum_{j=0}^{n}sum_{i=j}^{n} {^nC_i} {^iC_j}=3^n$
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Prove that
$$sum_{j=0}^{n}sum_{i=j}^{n} {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}=3^n$$
I have tried by interchanging j by i but unable to prove. Don't know which combination formula would be used. Please help.
combinatorics discrete-mathematics combinations
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Prove that
$$sum_{j=0}^{n}sum_{i=j}^{n} {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}=3^n$$
I have tried by interchanging j by i but unable to prove. Don't know which combination formula would be used. Please help.
combinatorics discrete-mathematics combinations
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Hint: $dbinom{n}{i}dbinom{i}{j} = dbinom{n}{j} dbinom{n-j}{i-j}$.
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Prove that
$$sum_{j=0}^{n}sum_{i=j}^{n} {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}=3^n$$
I have tried by interchanging j by i but unable to prove. Don't know which combination formula would be used. Please help.
combinatorics discrete-mathematics combinations
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Prove that
$$sum_{j=0}^{n}sum_{i=j}^{n} {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}=3^n$$
I have tried by interchanging j by i but unable to prove. Don't know which combination formula would be used. Please help.
combinatorics discrete-mathematics combinations
combinatorics discrete-mathematics combinations
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Hint: $dbinom{n}{i}dbinom{i}{j} = dbinom{n}{j} dbinom{n-j}{i-j}$.
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Hint: $dbinom{n}{i}dbinom{i}{j} = dbinom{n}{j} dbinom{n-j}{i-j}$.
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– darij grinberg
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Hint: $dbinom{n}{i}dbinom{i}{j} = dbinom{n}{j} dbinom{n-j}{i-j}$.
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Hint: $dbinom{n}{i}dbinom{i}{j} = dbinom{n}{j} dbinom{n-j}{i-j}$.
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Hints:
- $displaystyle sum_{j=0}^nsum_{i=j}^n=sum_{i=0}^nsum_{j=0}^i$
- $3=1+2$
- $2=1+1$
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Would you please write a bit more. How 3=1+2 and 2=1+1 helps?
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Jan 4 at 16:53
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@user1942348 After switching the order of summation, you can factor ${}^nC_i$ out of the inner summation. The remaining inner summation can be simplified with the binomial theorem.
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– Mike Earnest
Jan 4 at 18:57
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@user1942348 $3^n=(1+2)^n$. Now use the binomial theorem.
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First, let $S_{ij}$ be the set of words $s$ in ${0,1,2}^n$ that satisfy both of the following 1. and 2. below:
- Precisely $n-i$ of the letters of $s$ are "0", oe equivalently, precisely $i$ letters of $s$ are in ${1,2}$.
- Of the $i$ letters that are in ${1,2}$, there are precsiely $j$ of those letters that are "2".
(So $n-i$ letters of each $s in S_{ij}$ are "0", $i-j$ letters of $s$ are "1", and the remaining $j$ letters of $s$ are "2".)
On the one hand: $|S_{ij}|= {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}$; first choose the $(n-i)$ out of $n$ positions of $s$ such that the letter in each such position is "0", and then from the remaining $i$ positions, choose the $j$ positions such that the letter in each such position is a "2". On the other hand, the $S_{ij}$s partition ${0,1,2}^n$, which has cardinality $3^n$. So this gives
$$3^n = sum_{i=1}^n sum_{j=1}^i |S_{ij}| = sum_{j=1}^n sum_{i=j}^n |S_{ij}| = sum_{j=1}^nsum_{i=j}^n {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}.$$
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Hints:
- $displaystyle sum_{j=0}^nsum_{i=j}^n=sum_{i=0}^nsum_{j=0}^i$
- $3=1+2$
- $2=1+1$
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Would you please write a bit more. How 3=1+2 and 2=1+1 helps?
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– user1942348
Jan 4 at 16:53
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@user1942348 After switching the order of summation, you can factor ${}^nC_i$ out of the inner summation. The remaining inner summation can be simplified with the binomial theorem.
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– Mike Earnest
Jan 4 at 18:57
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@user1942348 $3^n=(1+2)^n$. Now use the binomial theorem.
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– Arthur
Jan 4 at 18:59
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Hints:
- $displaystyle sum_{j=0}^nsum_{i=j}^n=sum_{i=0}^nsum_{j=0}^i$
- $3=1+2$
- $2=1+1$
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Would you please write a bit more. How 3=1+2 and 2=1+1 helps?
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– user1942348
Jan 4 at 16:53
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@user1942348 After switching the order of summation, you can factor ${}^nC_i$ out of the inner summation. The remaining inner summation can be simplified with the binomial theorem.
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– Mike Earnest
Jan 4 at 18:57
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@user1942348 $3^n=(1+2)^n$. Now use the binomial theorem.
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– Arthur
Jan 4 at 18:59
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Hints:
- $displaystyle sum_{j=0}^nsum_{i=j}^n=sum_{i=0}^nsum_{j=0}^i$
- $3=1+2$
- $2=1+1$
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Hints:
- $displaystyle sum_{j=0}^nsum_{i=j}^n=sum_{i=0}^nsum_{j=0}^i$
- $3=1+2$
- $2=1+1$
answered Jan 4 at 15:58
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Would you please write a bit more. How 3=1+2 and 2=1+1 helps?
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– user1942348
Jan 4 at 16:53
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@user1942348 After switching the order of summation, you can factor ${}^nC_i$ out of the inner summation. The remaining inner summation can be simplified with the binomial theorem.
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– Mike Earnest
Jan 4 at 18:57
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@user1942348 $3^n=(1+2)^n$. Now use the binomial theorem.
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– Arthur
Jan 4 at 18:59
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Would you please write a bit more. How 3=1+2 and 2=1+1 helps?
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– user1942348
Jan 4 at 16:53
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@user1942348 After switching the order of summation, you can factor ${}^nC_i$ out of the inner summation. The remaining inner summation can be simplified with the binomial theorem.
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– Mike Earnest
Jan 4 at 18:57
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@user1942348 $3^n=(1+2)^n$. Now use the binomial theorem.
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– Arthur
Jan 4 at 18:59
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Would you please write a bit more. How 3=1+2 and 2=1+1 helps?
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– user1942348
Jan 4 at 16:53
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Would you please write a bit more. How 3=1+2 and 2=1+1 helps?
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– user1942348
Jan 4 at 16:53
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@user1942348 After switching the order of summation, you can factor ${}^nC_i$ out of the inner summation. The remaining inner summation can be simplified with the binomial theorem.
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Jan 4 at 18:57
$begingroup$
@user1942348 After switching the order of summation, you can factor ${}^nC_i$ out of the inner summation. The remaining inner summation can be simplified with the binomial theorem.
$endgroup$
– Mike Earnest
Jan 4 at 18:57
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@user1942348 $3^n=(1+2)^n$. Now use the binomial theorem.
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– Arthur
Jan 4 at 18:59
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@user1942348 $3^n=(1+2)^n$. Now use the binomial theorem.
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– Arthur
Jan 4 at 18:59
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First, let $S_{ij}$ be the set of words $s$ in ${0,1,2}^n$ that satisfy both of the following 1. and 2. below:
- Precisely $n-i$ of the letters of $s$ are "0", oe equivalently, precisely $i$ letters of $s$ are in ${1,2}$.
- Of the $i$ letters that are in ${1,2}$, there are precsiely $j$ of those letters that are "2".
(So $n-i$ letters of each $s in S_{ij}$ are "0", $i-j$ letters of $s$ are "1", and the remaining $j$ letters of $s$ are "2".)
On the one hand: $|S_{ij}|= {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}$; first choose the $(n-i)$ out of $n$ positions of $s$ such that the letter in each such position is "0", and then from the remaining $i$ positions, choose the $j$ positions such that the letter in each such position is a "2". On the other hand, the $S_{ij}$s partition ${0,1,2}^n$, which has cardinality $3^n$. So this gives
$$3^n = sum_{i=1}^n sum_{j=1}^i |S_{ij}| = sum_{j=1}^n sum_{i=j}^n |S_{ij}| = sum_{j=1}^nsum_{i=j}^n {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}.$$
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First, let $S_{ij}$ be the set of words $s$ in ${0,1,2}^n$ that satisfy both of the following 1. and 2. below:
- Precisely $n-i$ of the letters of $s$ are "0", oe equivalently, precisely $i$ letters of $s$ are in ${1,2}$.
- Of the $i$ letters that are in ${1,2}$, there are precsiely $j$ of those letters that are "2".
(So $n-i$ letters of each $s in S_{ij}$ are "0", $i-j$ letters of $s$ are "1", and the remaining $j$ letters of $s$ are "2".)
On the one hand: $|S_{ij}|= {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}$; first choose the $(n-i)$ out of $n$ positions of $s$ such that the letter in each such position is "0", and then from the remaining $i$ positions, choose the $j$ positions such that the letter in each such position is a "2". On the other hand, the $S_{ij}$s partition ${0,1,2}^n$, which has cardinality $3^n$. So this gives
$$3^n = sum_{i=1}^n sum_{j=1}^i |S_{ij}| = sum_{j=1}^n sum_{i=j}^n |S_{ij}| = sum_{j=1}^nsum_{i=j}^n {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}.$$
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
First, let $S_{ij}$ be the set of words $s$ in ${0,1,2}^n$ that satisfy both of the following 1. and 2. below:
- Precisely $n-i$ of the letters of $s$ are "0", oe equivalently, precisely $i$ letters of $s$ are in ${1,2}$.
- Of the $i$ letters that are in ${1,2}$, there are precsiely $j$ of those letters that are "2".
(So $n-i$ letters of each $s in S_{ij}$ are "0", $i-j$ letters of $s$ are "1", and the remaining $j$ letters of $s$ are "2".)
On the one hand: $|S_{ij}|= {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}$; first choose the $(n-i)$ out of $n$ positions of $s$ such that the letter in each such position is "0", and then from the remaining $i$ positions, choose the $j$ positions such that the letter in each such position is a "2". On the other hand, the $S_{ij}$s partition ${0,1,2}^n$, which has cardinality $3^n$. So this gives
$$3^n = sum_{i=1}^n sum_{j=1}^i |S_{ij}| = sum_{j=1}^n sum_{i=j}^n |S_{ij}| = sum_{j=1}^nsum_{i=j}^n {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}.$$
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First, let $S_{ij}$ be the set of words $s$ in ${0,1,2}^n$ that satisfy both of the following 1. and 2. below:
- Precisely $n-i$ of the letters of $s$ are "0", oe equivalently, precisely $i$ letters of $s$ are in ${1,2}$.
- Of the $i$ letters that are in ${1,2}$, there are precsiely $j$ of those letters that are "2".
(So $n-i$ letters of each $s in S_{ij}$ are "0", $i-j$ letters of $s$ are "1", and the remaining $j$ letters of $s$ are "2".)
On the one hand: $|S_{ij}|= {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}$; first choose the $(n-i)$ out of $n$ positions of $s$ such that the letter in each such position is "0", and then from the remaining $i$ positions, choose the $j$ positions such that the letter in each such position is a "2". On the other hand, the $S_{ij}$s partition ${0,1,2}^n$, which has cardinality $3^n$. So this gives
$$3^n = sum_{i=1}^n sum_{j=1}^i |S_{ij}| = sum_{j=1}^n sum_{i=j}^n |S_{ij}| = sum_{j=1}^nsum_{i=j}^n {^nC_i} ,{^iC_j}.$$
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Hint: $dbinom{n}{i}dbinom{i}{j} = dbinom{n}{j} dbinom{n-j}{i-j}$.
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