An extension of Franklin's bijection (Q1290733)

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An extension of Franklin's bijection
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    An extension of Franklin's bijection (English)
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    16 June 1999
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    The author gives a purely combinatorial proof of the identity \[ \prod_{n>m}(1-q^n) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^n \left[ {n+m \atop m} \right] q^{nm+n(3n+1)/2}(1-q^{2n+m+1}), \] which generalizes Franklin's proof for the case \(m=0\).
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