Binomial Summations 1

Find the value of

0 i < j 12 i ( 12 j ) \displaystyle\Large \mathop{\sum\sum}_{0\le i<j\le 12} i\binom{12}{j}


The answer is 67584.

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I think this question is pretty easy and over-rated. Let's see how to do it!

Take 0 i < j n i ( n j ) \displaystyle \mathop{\sum\sum}_{0\le i<j\le n} i\binom{n}{j}

Now, for a particular value of j j , i = 0 j 1 i ( n j ) = ( n j ) 0 j 1 i = j ( j 1 ) 2 ( n j ) \begin{aligned}\sum_{i=0}^{j-1}i\binom nj&=\binom nj\sum_0^{j-1}i\\&=\dfrac{j(j-1)}2\binom nj \end{aligned}

So, 0 i < j n i ( n j ) = j = 1 n j ( j 1 ) 2 ( n j ) = n ( n 1 ) 2 j = 1 n ( n 2 j 2 ) = n ( n 1 ) 2 j = 0 n 2 ( n 2 j ) = n ( n 1 ) 2 2 n 2 \begin{aligned}\displaystyle \mathop{\sum\sum}_{0\le i<j\le n} i\binom{n}{j} &= \sum_{j=1}^n \dfrac{j(j-1)}2\binom nj\\&=\dfrac{n(n-1)}2\sum_{j=1}^n \binom{n-2}{j-2}\\&=\dfrac{n(n-1)}2\sum_{j=0}^{n-2} \binom{n-2}{j}\\&=\Large\displaystyle\boxed{\dfrac{n(n-1)}2 2^{n-2}} \end{aligned}

12 ( 12 1 ) 2 2 10 = 67584 \displaystyle\Huge\therefore \boxed{\dfrac{12(12-1)}2 2^{10} = 67584}

Moderator note:

When calculating j k ( n j ) \sum j^k { n \choose j } , it is useful to note that j ( n j ) = n ( n 1 j 1 ) j { n \choose j } = n { n-1 \choose j - 1 } . In this way, we can iteratively reduce the exponent k k , till we're just dealing with ( n j ) \sum { n \choose j } .

Why did you took j-1 over summation ?

# TECHINTOUCH # - 3 years, 2 months ago

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Umm, could you be more specific?

Kishore S. Shenoy - 2 years, 10 months ago

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