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juantheron

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Registered: 2011-10-19

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factorial sum

consider a function

  on non-negative integers such that

 

and

  for

Then show that

Answer given in Book is Like this way

So

But I did not Understant Second line

Thanks

Bob

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Re: factorial sum

hi juantheron,

Looks to me that the line should be:

Then divide by n!

Bob

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anonimnystefy

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Re: factorial sum

Bob is right.Then you can use induction.

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juantheron

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Re: factorial sum

thanks bob and anonim

but how can i get

anonimnystefy

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Re: factorial sum

You can show by induction.It is true that:

Now use the formula Bob told you to use:

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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.