ホッケースティック恒等式:
$\sum_{i=0}^k \binom{n+i}{i} = \binom{n+k+1}{k}$
proof
負の二項定理 eq4-1
形式的べき級数の係数の部分和 eq4-2
$\sum_{i=0}^k \binom{n+i}{i} = \sum_{i=0}^{k} [x^{i}] \sum_{m=0}^\infty \binom{n+m}{m}x^m$ ... 係数の部分和
$\sum_{i=0}^{k} [x^{i}] \sum_{m=0}^\infty \binom{n+m}{m}x^m = [x^{k}] \frac{1}{1-x}\sum_{m=0}^\infty \binom{n+m}{m}x^m$ ... by eq4-2
$[x^{k}] \frac{1}{1-x}\sum_{m=0}^\infty \binom{n+m}{m}x^m = [x^{k}] \frac{1}{1-x}\sum_{m=0}^\infty \binom{n+m}{n}x^m$ ... by eq4-3
$[x^{k}] \frac{1}{1-x}\sum_{m=0}^\infty \binom{n+m}{n}x^m = [x^{k}] \frac{1}{1-x} \frac{1}{(1-x)^{n+1}} $ ... by eq4-1
$[x^{k}] \frac{1}{1-x} \frac{1}{(1-x)^{n+1}} = [x^{k}] \frac{1}{(1-x)^{n+2}}$ ... 整理
$[x^{k}] \frac{1}{(1-x)^{n+2}} = [x^{k}] \sum_{m=0}^\infty \binom{m+n+1}{n+1}x^n$ ... by eq4-1
$[x^{k}] \sum_{m=0}^\infty \binom{m+n+1}{n+1}x^n = \binom{k+n+1}{n+1}$ ... 形式的べき級数の係数
$\binom{k+n+1}{n+1} = \binom{k+n+1}{k}$ ... by eq4-3
パスカルの三角形的解釈