The differentiable-functions extension of the binomial product identity

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Let nn be a natural number, and let ff and gg be differentiable functions. Differentiable-functions identity.

∑k=0n(−1)k(nk)1f(n)k+g(n)=nnn!∏k=0n1f(n)k+g(n).\sum_{k=0}^{n}(-1)^k\binom{n}{k}\frac{1}{f(n)k+g(n)}=n^n n!\prod_{k=0}^{n}\frac{1}{f(n)k+g(n)}.

The preceding identities establish special cases involving linear expressions in nn and kk, while the paper suggests investigating this broader formulation; no proof or resolution is supplied here.

References

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Brett Pansano, “An Interesting Identity”, arXiv:1503.04678 (2015).

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