I found this problem that I'm not sure how to solve. I would appreciate if anyone could point me to the right direction.
I need to find the following sum:
∑i+j+k=7(−1)i(−1)j7!i!j!k! where i,j,k are elements of N0
There must be a much better way to solve this other than writing down all possible combinations and sum them (please correct me if I'm wrong).
The thing I believed could be useful was the multinomial theorem (I apologize if this is not the correct term in English), which states that:
(∑ki=1xi)n=∑∑ki=1ni=nn!∏ki=1ni!∏ki=1xnii
But I'm missing (−1)k.
I'm a bit new to this subject, but couldn't find any example like this in my books. Thank you in advance!
EDIT: My apologies to anyone who read the original question, I've misplaced i and j, didn't see it while revising what I wrote. It's fixed now.
Answer
There is no (−1)k because x3 is going to be 1: −1=((−1)+(−1)+1)7=∑i+j+k=7(−1)i(−1)j(1)k7!i!j!k!
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