Short note on the convolution of binomial coefficients

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António Guedes de Oliveira, Rui Duarte

Publication date: 8 February 2013

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 $ell$, ${\displaystyle }$ sum_{i+j=n} �inom{2i-ell}{i} �inom{2j+ell}{j} = sum_{i+j=n}�inom{2i}{i} �inom{2j}{j}, ${\displaystyle }$ which is well-known to be $4^n$. We extend this result by proving that, indeed, ${\displaystyle }$ sum_{i+j=n} �inom{ai+k-ell}{i} �inom{aj+ell}{j} = sum_{i+j=n} �inom{ai+k}{i} �inom{aj}{j} ${\displaystyle }$ for every integer $a$ and for every real $k$, and present new expressions for this value.

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