Exercise

Hare Fuyukawa Lv4
Problem 1

Find a closed form for the generating function of this sequence.
$$a_n = C(n,4),n=0,1,2,…$$

对于扩展的二项式系数,(或者是一个括号,上面写u下面写k)
$$C(u,k)=\frac{u(u-1)…(u-k+1)}{k!}$$
因此对于C(0,4),C(1,4),…,C(3,4)=0
于是生成函数为$$\sum_{n=4}^\infty C(n,4)x^n$$
即$$\sum_{n=4}^\infty C(n,n-4)x^n$$

进一步地,有$$x^4 \sum_{n=0}^\infty C(n+4,n)x^n$$
即$$x^4 \sum_{n=0}^\infty C(n+5-1,n)x^n$$

于是答案为$$x^4(1-x)^{-5}$$

  • Title: Exercise
  • Author: Hare Fuyukawa
  • Created at : 2026-06-22 20:52:09
  • Updated at : 2026-07-01 20:52:06
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