Summation simplification!!

Needed a simplification of this result:- r=1n((n1r1)i=0r1[(1)i(ri)(n(ri)n)])r=1n((nr)i=0r1[(1)i(ri)(n(ri)n)])\frac{\sum_{r=1}^{n}({n-1\choose r-1}\sum_{i=0}^{r-1}[(-1)^{i}{r\choose i}{n(r-i)\choose n}])}{\sum_{r=1}^{n}({n\choose r}\sum_{i=0}^{r-1}[(-1)^{i}{r\choose i}{n(r-i)\choose n}])} Here, i=0r1[(1)i(ri)(n(ri)n)]\sum_{i=0}^{r-1}[(-1)^{i}{r\choose i}{n(r-i)\choose n}] is also the coefficient of xnx^{n} in the expansion of ((1+x)n1)r((1+x)^{n}-1)^{r}.

Background (if anyone's interested):-

Ended up at this trying to solve a problem I randomly created, which is as follows:-

'There are nn unique sets with nn unique items in each. If exactly nn items are selected from all of these, find the probability of finding a set with at least 1 item selected in it'.

Also, if this attains a specific value as nn→∞, what is that value?

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Note by Deepankur Jain
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Probability of a set being chosen and having none of the selected items is n2nCnn2Cn\dfrac{^{n^2-n}C_n}{^{n^2}C_n}, so the req prob is 1n2nCnn2Cn1-\dfrac{^{n^2-n}C_n}{^{n^2}C_n}

Jason Gomez - 5 days, 18 hours ago

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Thanks. I ended up using an explicit approach and reached a dead end. Didn't think of this :).

Deepankur Jain - 5 days, 6 hours ago
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