12
$\begingroup$

In the spirit of the festive period and in appreciation of the encouraging response to my Xmas Combinatorics 2014 problem posted recently, here's one for the New Year!

Express the following as a product of four binomial coefficients: $$\color{red}{\sum_{r=1}^{M-1}r}\color{orange}{\sqrt{\int_0^X 2x dx}} \color{green}{\left(\prod_{i=1}^{120}(V!-i+1) \right)} \color{indigo}{\left(\prod_{h=1}^Mh\right)} \left[\color{maroon}{\left(\prod_{n=1}^{120}n\right)}\color{blue}{\left(\prod_{y=1}^M y\right)}\right]^{-1} $$

$\endgroup$

1 Answer 1

16
$\begingroup$

$$\begin{align} &\color{red}{\sum_{r=1}^{M-1}r}{\color{orange}{\sqrt{\int_0^X 2x dx}}} \color{green}{\left(\prod_{i=1}^{120}(V!-i+1) \right)} \color{indigo}{\left(\prod_{h=1}^Mh\right)} \left[\color{maroon}{\left(\prod_{n=1}^{120}n\right)} \color{blue}{\left(\prod_{y=1}^M y\right)}\right]^{-1} \\\\ &=\color{orange}{\sqrt{\int_0^X 2x dx}} \color{red}{\sum_{r=1}^{M-1}r} \color{green}{\left(\prod_{i=1}^{120}(V!-i+1) \right)} \color{indigo}{\left(\prod_{h=1}^Mh\right)} \left[\color{maroon}{\left(\prod_{n=1}^{120}n\right)} \color{blue}{\left(\prod_{y=1}^M y\right)}\right]^{-1} \\\\ &=\color{orange}{\sqrt{\left[{x^2}\right]_0^X}}\cdot \color{red}{\frac{M(M-1)}2}\cdot \color{green}{V!^{\underline{120}}} \color{indigo}{M!} \left[\color{maroon}{120!}\color{blue}{M!}\right]^{-1} \\\\ &=\color{orange}X\cdot \color{red}{\frac{M(M-1)}2}\cdot \color{green}{V!^{\underline{120}}} \color{indigo}{M!} \left[\color{maroon}{120!}\color{blue}{M!}\right]^{-1} \\\\ &=\color{orange}{\frac X1}\cdot \color{red}{\frac{M(M-1)}{1\cdot 2}}\cdot \color{green}{\frac{V!^{\underline{120}}}{\color{maroon}{120!}}}\cdot \color{indigo}{\frac{M!}{\color{blue}{M!}}}\\\\ &=\color{orange}{\binom X1} \color{red}{\binom M2} \color{green}{\binom {V!}{120}} \color{indigo}{\binom MM}\\\\ &=\color{red}{\binom M2} \color{indigo}{\binom M0} \color{orange}{\binom X1} \color{green}{\binom {V!}{5!}}\\\\ \\\\ \end{align}$$

Happy New Year!

$\endgroup$
7
  • 1
    $\begingroup$ Awesome!!${}{}{}{}$ $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 1, 2015 at 15:37
  • 1
    $\begingroup$ $24 = 5!{}{}{}{}$? $\endgroup$
    – peterwhy
    Commented Jan 1, 2015 at 15:37
  • 1
    $\begingroup$ I shall frame this one ! Thanks and Happy New Year !! $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 1, 2015 at 15:40
  • $\begingroup$ @peterwhy - Thanks! Amended :) $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 1, 2015 at 15:40
  • $\begingroup$ I saw the Merry X-mas one too !! :-) How do you think of these brilliant identities ? :D $\endgroup$
    – sciona
    Commented Jan 1, 2015 at 15:44

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .