Mixed cubic identity for Catalan triangle numbers

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Let Bn,kB_{n,k} be the Catalan triangle numbers, let n,mNn,m\in\mathbb{N}, and set

r=min(n,m),s=max(n,m).r=\min(n,m),\qquad s=\max(n,m).

Mixed cubic identity. The identity

k=1rBn,k2Bm,k=12(2nn)2(2mm)[1n+2mr(n+mn)1(n+rn)1j=0r1(s+js)(n+jn1)]\sum_{k=1}^{r}B_{n,k}^{2}B_{m,k}=\frac{1}{2}\binom{2n}{n}^{2}\binom{2m}{m}\left[1-\frac{n+2m}{r}\binom{n+m}{n}^{-1}\binom{n+r}{n}^{-1}\sum_{j=0}^{r-1}\binom{s+j}{s}\binom{n+j}{n-1}\right]

holds. When m=nm=n, it specializes to the identity stated in the cited corollary. The formula is presented as a conjectural identity, and the supplied context does not provide an analytic proof or a resolution.

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Primary source

Pedro J. Miana, Hideyuki Ohtsuka and Natalia Romero, “Sums of powers of Catalan triangle numbers”, arXiv:1602.04347 (2016).

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