Explicit Formulae for Some Sums of Trinomial Coefficients

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Yanapat Tongron
Takao Komatsu

Abstract

For a,b,c∈{0,1,2},n∈gif.latex?\mathbb{N},n≥a+b+c, and n≡a+b+c (mod 3), explicit formulae for i!j!k!, where the sum is over all non-negative integers i,j,k such that n=i+j+k, are established by Carlitz [1] via properties of the cube root of unity. In this paper, another method to get these formulae is presented. Almost all gif.latex?T_{abc}\left&space;(&space;n&space;\right&space;) are also expressed in terms of the cube root of unity.


Mathematics Subject Classification: 05A10, 11B65

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Tongron Y, Komatsu T. Explicit Formulae for Some Sums of Trinomial Coefficients. Prog Appl Sci Tech. [Internet]. 2020 Jun. 22 [cited 2024 Nov. 15];10(1):161-9. Available from: https://ph02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/past/article/view/242916
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Mathematics and Applied Statistics

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