On some Binomial Coefficient Identities with Applications
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Abstract: We present a different proof of the following identity due to Munarini, which generalizes a curious binomial identity of Simons. �egin{align*} sum_{k=0}^{n}�inom{alpha}{n-k}�inom{�eta+k}{k}x^k &=sum_{k=0}^{n}(-1)^{n+k}�inom{�eta-alpha+n}{n-k}�inom{�eta+k}{k}(x+1)^k, end{align*} where is a non-negative integer and and are complex numbers, which are not negative integers. Our approach is based on a particularly interesting combination of the Taylor theorem and the Wilf-Zeilberger algorithm. We also generalize a combinatorial identity due to Alzer and Kouba, and offer a new binomial sum identity. Furthermore, as applications, we give many harmonic number sum identities. As examples, we prove that �egin{equation*} H_n=frac{1}{2}sum_{k=1}^{n}(-1)^{n+k}�inom{n}{k}�inom{n+k}{k}H_k end{equation*} and �egin{align*} sum_{k=0}^{n}�inom{n}{k}^2H_kH_{n-k}=�inom{2n}{n} left((H_{2n}-2H_n)^2+H_{n}^{(2)}-H_{2n}^{(2)}
ight). end{align*}
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