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Closed form of recurrent arithmetic series summation



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Knowing that $$sum_i=1^n i = fracn(n+1)2$$
how can I get closed form formula for
$$sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i j$$
or
$$sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i sum_k=1^j k$$
or any x times neasted summation like above










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    You won't be able to solve this just by using the initial equation.
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    Go step by step: $sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i j=sum_i=1^n fraci(i+1)2=frac12cdot colorredsum_i=1^n i^2+frac12 cdot sum_i=1^n i$. The red colored part cannot be solved with the first formula.
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    Use the formulae for the sum of $k^2$ and $k^3$
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    Hint: $n=n choose 1$, $n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$. Now have a look at the hockey-stick identity.
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Knowing that $$sum_i=1^n i = fracn(n+1)2$$
how can I get closed form formula for
$$sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i j$$
or
$$sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i sum_k=1^j k$$
or any x times neasted summation like above










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    You won't be able to solve this just by using the initial equation.
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    Go step by step: $sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i j=sum_i=1^n fraci(i+1)2=frac12cdot colorredsum_i=1^n i^2+frac12 cdot sum_i=1^n i$. The red colored part cannot be solved with the first formula.
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    Use the formulae for the sum of $k^2$ and $k^3$
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    3 hours ago






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    Hint: $n=n choose 1$, $n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$. Now have a look at the hockey-stick identity.
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Knowing that $$sum_i=1^n i = fracn(n+1)2$$
how can I get closed form formula for
$$sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i j$$
or
$$sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i sum_k=1^j k$$
or any x times neasted summation like above










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Knowing that $$sum_i=1^n i = fracn(n+1)2$$
how can I get closed form formula for
$$sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i j$$
or
$$sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i sum_k=1^j k$$
or any x times neasted summation like above







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    Go step by step: $sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i j=sum_i=1^n fraci(i+1)2=frac12cdot colorredsum_i=1^n i^2+frac12 cdot sum_i=1^n i$. The red colored part cannot be solved with the first formula.
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    Use the formulae for the sum of $k^2$ and $k^3$
    $endgroup$
    – George Dewhirst
    3 hours ago






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    Hint: $n=n choose 1$, $n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$. Now have a look at the hockey-stick identity.
    $endgroup$
    – Jean-Claude Arbaut
    3 hours ago











  • $begingroup$
    @Jean-ClaudeArbaut Do you mind if I write an answer using this now?
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    – Peter Foreman
    3 hours ago
















  • $begingroup$
    You won't be able to solve this just by using the initial equation.
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    – Peter Foreman
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  • $begingroup$
    Go step by step: $sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i j=sum_i=1^n fraci(i+1)2=frac12cdot colorredsum_i=1^n i^2+frac12 cdot sum_i=1^n i$. The red colored part cannot be solved with the first formula.
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  • $begingroup$
    Use the formulae for the sum of $k^2$ and $k^3$
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    – George Dewhirst
    3 hours ago






  • 1




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    Hint: $n=n choose 1$, $n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$. Now have a look at the hockey-stick identity.
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    – Jean-Claude Arbaut
    3 hours ago











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You won't be able to solve this just by using the initial equation.
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Go step by step: $sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i j=sum_i=1^n fraci(i+1)2=frac12cdot colorredsum_i=1^n i^2+frac12 cdot sum_i=1^n i$. The red colored part cannot be solved with the first formula.
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Go step by step: $sum_i=1^n sum_j=1^i j=sum_i=1^n fraci(i+1)2=frac12cdot colorredsum_i=1^n i^2+frac12 cdot sum_i=1^n i$. The red colored part cannot be solved with the first formula.
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Use the formulae for the sum of $k^2$ and $k^3$
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Hint: $n=n choose 1$, $n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$. Now have a look at the hockey-stick identity.
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Hint: $n=n choose 1$, $n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$. Now have a look at the hockey-stick identity.
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Let $f_k(n)$ be the closed form of the summation nested $k$ times. We know that
$$f_1(n)=frac12n(n+1)=binomn+12$$
$$f_k(n)=sum_j=1^n f_k-1(j)$$
So for the next function $f_2(n)$ we have
$$f_2(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+12=sum_j=2^n+1binomj2=binomn+23$$
By using the Hockey-stick identity (credits to Jean-Claude Arbaut).
Similarly for the next function $f_3(n)$ we have
$$f_3(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+23=sum_j=3^n+2binomj3=binomn+34$$
So one could conjecture that
$$f_k(n)=binomn+kk+1$$
which can be easily proven by induction as follows
$$f_k(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+k-1k=sum_j=k^n+k-1binomjk=binomn+kk+1$$
Hence we have that
$$boxedf_k(n)=binomn+kk+1=frac1(k+1)!n(n+1)(n+2)dots(n+k-1)(n+k)$$






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    $sum_j=1^nleft(frac16n^3+frac12n^2+frac13nright)$: The summands do not depend on the index $j$.
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We can write the last multiple sum as
beginalign*
colorbluesum_i_1=1^nsum_i_2=1^i_1sum_i_3=1^i_2i_3
&=sum_i_1=1^nsum_i_2=1^i_1sum_i_3=1^i_2sum_i_4=1^i_3 1\
&=sum_1leq i_4leq i_3leq i_2leq i_1leq n1tag1\
&,,colorblue=binomn+34tag2
endalign*

In (1) we observe the index range is the number of ordered $4$-tuples with repetition from a set with $n$ elements resulting in (2).







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    Here's a combinatorial way of thinking about it: first of all, note that we can go one level deeper and represent the innermost piece ($j$, or $k$, etc.) in your formulae as $sum_h=1^j1$; this means that the formula start to look like $displaystylesum_m=1^n1 =n$, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^m1=n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^msum_k=1^l1=n+2choose 3$, etc. Now, let's look at what the left hand side is counting. In the first case, we're just counting the number of ways to choose an $m$ between $1$ and $n$ (inclusive); this is, self-evidently, just $n$. In the second, we're choosing a number $m$ between $1$ and $n$ inclusive, again, but then choosing an $l$ between $1$ and $m$; this is exactly the number of ways of choosing two numbers between $1$ and $n$, where we don't care about the order — that is, choosing $2$ and $5$ is exactly the same as choosing $5$ and $2$. Similarly, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^msum_k=1^l1$ counts the number of ways of choosing three numbers between $1$ and $n$, without regard to order; this is because we can sort the numbers we've chosen (since we don't care about order), and then note that the largest can be anywhere between $1$ and $n$, but then the next largest can only be between $1$ and the largest, etc.



    Now, the difference between this and regular combinations is that in a regular combination every chosen number must be distinct; but if we have an ordered list $langle k, l, mrangle$ of the (not necessarily distinct) numbers we've chosen between $1$ and $n$ then we can turn this into an ordered list of not necessarily distinct numbers between $1$ and $n+2$: let $k'=k$, $l'=l+1$, $m'=m+2$. You should be able to convince yourself that this is a one-to-one correspondence between not-necessarily-distinct choices in $1ldots n$ and distinct choices in $1ldots n+2$, and the same principle extends to any number of choices. (This wikipedia link has more details).






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      $$S_n_2=sum_i=1^nsum_j=1^ij=sum_i=1^nfraci(i+1)2=frac12sum_i=1^ni^2+i=frac12left[fracn(n+1)(2n+1)6+fracn(n+1)2right]=fracn(n+1)(n+2)6$$
      and now:
      $$S_n_3=sum_i=1^nsum_j=1^isum_k=1^jk=frac16sum_i=1^ni(i+1)(i+2)=frac16sum_i=1^ni^3+3i^2+2i=frac16left[fracn^2(n+1)^24+fracn(n+1)(2n+1)2+n(n+1)right]=fracn(n+1)6left[fracn(n+1)4+frac(2n+1)2+1right]=fracn(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)24$$
      and we can see a pattern here. For a series $S_n_a$ with $a$ nested summations the following is true:
      $$S_n_a=frac1(a+1)!prod_b=0^a(n+b)=frac(n+a)!(n-1)!(a+1)!$$






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        What is wrong with this answer?
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        I don´t know. Hopefully the downvoter leaves a comment.
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        Appart from the notation $S_n_a$, looks good. Note also that the last expression is $n+achoose a+1$.
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      Let $f_k(n)$ be the closed form of the summation nested $k$ times. We know that
      $$f_1(n)=frac12n(n+1)=binomn+12$$
      $$f_k(n)=sum_j=1^n f_k-1(j)$$
      So for the next function $f_2(n)$ we have
      $$f_2(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+12=sum_j=2^n+1binomj2=binomn+23$$
      By using the Hockey-stick identity (credits to Jean-Claude Arbaut).
      Similarly for the next function $f_3(n)$ we have
      $$f_3(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+23=sum_j=3^n+2binomj3=binomn+34$$
      So one could conjecture that
      $$f_k(n)=binomn+kk+1$$
      which can be easily proven by induction as follows
      $$f_k(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+k-1k=sum_j=k^n+k-1binomjk=binomn+kk+1$$
      Hence we have that
      $$boxedf_k(n)=binomn+kk+1=frac1(k+1)!n(n+1)(n+2)dots(n+k-1)(n+k)$$






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        $sum_j=1^nleft(frac16n^3+frac12n^2+frac13nright)$: The summands do not depend on the index $j$.
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        @callculus Yes, sorry I've corrected it.
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      Let $f_k(n)$ be the closed form of the summation nested $k$ times. We know that
      $$f_1(n)=frac12n(n+1)=binomn+12$$
      $$f_k(n)=sum_j=1^n f_k-1(j)$$
      So for the next function $f_2(n)$ we have
      $$f_2(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+12=sum_j=2^n+1binomj2=binomn+23$$
      By using the Hockey-stick identity (credits to Jean-Claude Arbaut).
      Similarly for the next function $f_3(n)$ we have
      $$f_3(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+23=sum_j=3^n+2binomj3=binomn+34$$
      So one could conjecture that
      $$f_k(n)=binomn+kk+1$$
      which can be easily proven by induction as follows
      $$f_k(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+k-1k=sum_j=k^n+k-1binomjk=binomn+kk+1$$
      Hence we have that
      $$boxedf_k(n)=binomn+kk+1=frac1(k+1)!n(n+1)(n+2)dots(n+k-1)(n+k)$$






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        $sum_j=1^nleft(frac16n^3+frac12n^2+frac13nright)$: The summands do not depend on the index $j$.
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      Let $f_k(n)$ be the closed form of the summation nested $k$ times. We know that
      $$f_1(n)=frac12n(n+1)=binomn+12$$
      $$f_k(n)=sum_j=1^n f_k-1(j)$$
      So for the next function $f_2(n)$ we have
      $$f_2(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+12=sum_j=2^n+1binomj2=binomn+23$$
      By using the Hockey-stick identity (credits to Jean-Claude Arbaut).
      Similarly for the next function $f_3(n)$ we have
      $$f_3(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+23=sum_j=3^n+2binomj3=binomn+34$$
      So one could conjecture that
      $$f_k(n)=binomn+kk+1$$
      which can be easily proven by induction as follows
      $$f_k(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+k-1k=sum_j=k^n+k-1binomjk=binomn+kk+1$$
      Hence we have that
      $$boxedf_k(n)=binomn+kk+1=frac1(k+1)!n(n+1)(n+2)dots(n+k-1)(n+k)$$






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      Let $f_k(n)$ be the closed form of the summation nested $k$ times. We know that
      $$f_1(n)=frac12n(n+1)=binomn+12$$
      $$f_k(n)=sum_j=1^n f_k-1(j)$$
      So for the next function $f_2(n)$ we have
      $$f_2(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+12=sum_j=2^n+1binomj2=binomn+23$$
      By using the Hockey-stick identity (credits to Jean-Claude Arbaut).
      Similarly for the next function $f_3(n)$ we have
      $$f_3(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+23=sum_j=3^n+2binomj3=binomn+34$$
      So one could conjecture that
      $$f_k(n)=binomn+kk+1$$
      which can be easily proven by induction as follows
      $$f_k(n)=sum_j=1^nbinomj+k-1k=sum_j=k^n+k-1binomjk=binomn+kk+1$$
      Hence we have that
      $$boxedf_k(n)=binomn+kk+1=frac1(k+1)!n(n+1)(n+2)dots(n+k-1)(n+k)$$







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      @callculus Yes, sorry I've corrected it.
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      We can write the last multiple sum as
      beginalign*
      colorbluesum_i_1=1^nsum_i_2=1^i_1sum_i_3=1^i_2i_3
      &=sum_i_1=1^nsum_i_2=1^i_1sum_i_3=1^i_2sum_i_4=1^i_3 1\
      &=sum_1leq i_4leq i_3leq i_2leq i_1leq n1tag1\
      &,,colorblue=binomn+34tag2
      endalign*

      In (1) we observe the index range is the number of ordered $4$-tuples with repetition from a set with $n$ elements resulting in (2).







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        We can write the last multiple sum as
        beginalign*
        colorbluesum_i_1=1^nsum_i_2=1^i_1sum_i_3=1^i_2i_3
        &=sum_i_1=1^nsum_i_2=1^i_1sum_i_3=1^i_2sum_i_4=1^i_3 1\
        &=sum_1leq i_4leq i_3leq i_2leq i_1leq n1tag1\
        &,,colorblue=binomn+34tag2
        endalign*

        In (1) we observe the index range is the number of ordered $4$-tuples with repetition from a set with $n$ elements resulting in (2).







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          We can write the last multiple sum as
          beginalign*
          colorbluesum_i_1=1^nsum_i_2=1^i_1sum_i_3=1^i_2i_3
          &=sum_i_1=1^nsum_i_2=1^i_1sum_i_3=1^i_2sum_i_4=1^i_3 1\
          &=sum_1leq i_4leq i_3leq i_2leq i_1leq n1tag1\
          &,,colorblue=binomn+34tag2
          endalign*

          In (1) we observe the index range is the number of ordered $4$-tuples with repetition from a set with $n$ elements resulting in (2).







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          We can write the last multiple sum as
          beginalign*
          colorbluesum_i_1=1^nsum_i_2=1^i_1sum_i_3=1^i_2i_3
          &=sum_i_1=1^nsum_i_2=1^i_1sum_i_3=1^i_2sum_i_4=1^i_3 1\
          &=sum_1leq i_4leq i_3leq i_2leq i_1leq n1tag1\
          &,,colorblue=binomn+34tag2
          endalign*

          In (1) we observe the index range is the number of ordered $4$-tuples with repetition from a set with $n$ elements resulting in (2).








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          Markus ScheuerMarkus Scheuer

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              Here's a combinatorial way of thinking about it: first of all, note that we can go one level deeper and represent the innermost piece ($j$, or $k$, etc.) in your formulae as $sum_h=1^j1$; this means that the formula start to look like $displaystylesum_m=1^n1 =n$, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^m1=n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^msum_k=1^l1=n+2choose 3$, etc. Now, let's look at what the left hand side is counting. In the first case, we're just counting the number of ways to choose an $m$ between $1$ and $n$ (inclusive); this is, self-evidently, just $n$. In the second, we're choosing a number $m$ between $1$ and $n$ inclusive, again, but then choosing an $l$ between $1$ and $m$; this is exactly the number of ways of choosing two numbers between $1$ and $n$, where we don't care about the order — that is, choosing $2$ and $5$ is exactly the same as choosing $5$ and $2$. Similarly, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^msum_k=1^l1$ counts the number of ways of choosing three numbers between $1$ and $n$, without regard to order; this is because we can sort the numbers we've chosen (since we don't care about order), and then note that the largest can be anywhere between $1$ and $n$, but then the next largest can only be between $1$ and the largest, etc.



              Now, the difference between this and regular combinations is that in a regular combination every chosen number must be distinct; but if we have an ordered list $langle k, l, mrangle$ of the (not necessarily distinct) numbers we've chosen between $1$ and $n$ then we can turn this into an ordered list of not necessarily distinct numbers between $1$ and $n+2$: let $k'=k$, $l'=l+1$, $m'=m+2$. You should be able to convince yourself that this is a one-to-one correspondence between not-necessarily-distinct choices in $1ldots n$ and distinct choices in $1ldots n+2$, and the same principle extends to any number of choices. (This wikipedia link has more details).






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                Here's a combinatorial way of thinking about it: first of all, note that we can go one level deeper and represent the innermost piece ($j$, or $k$, etc.) in your formulae as $sum_h=1^j1$; this means that the formula start to look like $displaystylesum_m=1^n1 =n$, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^m1=n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^msum_k=1^l1=n+2choose 3$, etc. Now, let's look at what the left hand side is counting. In the first case, we're just counting the number of ways to choose an $m$ between $1$ and $n$ (inclusive); this is, self-evidently, just $n$. In the second, we're choosing a number $m$ between $1$ and $n$ inclusive, again, but then choosing an $l$ between $1$ and $m$; this is exactly the number of ways of choosing two numbers between $1$ and $n$, where we don't care about the order — that is, choosing $2$ and $5$ is exactly the same as choosing $5$ and $2$. Similarly, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^msum_k=1^l1$ counts the number of ways of choosing three numbers between $1$ and $n$, without regard to order; this is because we can sort the numbers we've chosen (since we don't care about order), and then note that the largest can be anywhere between $1$ and $n$, but then the next largest can only be between $1$ and the largest, etc.



                Now, the difference between this and regular combinations is that in a regular combination every chosen number must be distinct; but if we have an ordered list $langle k, l, mrangle$ of the (not necessarily distinct) numbers we've chosen between $1$ and $n$ then we can turn this into an ordered list of not necessarily distinct numbers between $1$ and $n+2$: let $k'=k$, $l'=l+1$, $m'=m+2$. You should be able to convince yourself that this is a one-to-one correspondence between not-necessarily-distinct choices in $1ldots n$ and distinct choices in $1ldots n+2$, and the same principle extends to any number of choices. (This wikipedia link has more details).






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                  Here's a combinatorial way of thinking about it: first of all, note that we can go one level deeper and represent the innermost piece ($j$, or $k$, etc.) in your formulae as $sum_h=1^j1$; this means that the formula start to look like $displaystylesum_m=1^n1 =n$, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^m1=n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^msum_k=1^l1=n+2choose 3$, etc. Now, let's look at what the left hand side is counting. In the first case, we're just counting the number of ways to choose an $m$ between $1$ and $n$ (inclusive); this is, self-evidently, just $n$. In the second, we're choosing a number $m$ between $1$ and $n$ inclusive, again, but then choosing an $l$ between $1$ and $m$; this is exactly the number of ways of choosing two numbers between $1$ and $n$, where we don't care about the order — that is, choosing $2$ and $5$ is exactly the same as choosing $5$ and $2$. Similarly, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^msum_k=1^l1$ counts the number of ways of choosing three numbers between $1$ and $n$, without regard to order; this is because we can sort the numbers we've chosen (since we don't care about order), and then note that the largest can be anywhere between $1$ and $n$, but then the next largest can only be between $1$ and the largest, etc.



                  Now, the difference between this and regular combinations is that in a regular combination every chosen number must be distinct; but if we have an ordered list $langle k, l, mrangle$ of the (not necessarily distinct) numbers we've chosen between $1$ and $n$ then we can turn this into an ordered list of not necessarily distinct numbers between $1$ and $n+2$: let $k'=k$, $l'=l+1$, $m'=m+2$. You should be able to convince yourself that this is a one-to-one correspondence between not-necessarily-distinct choices in $1ldots n$ and distinct choices in $1ldots n+2$, and the same principle extends to any number of choices. (This wikipedia link has more details).






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                  Here's a combinatorial way of thinking about it: first of all, note that we can go one level deeper and represent the innermost piece ($j$, or $k$, etc.) in your formulae as $sum_h=1^j1$; this means that the formula start to look like $displaystylesum_m=1^n1 =n$, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^m1=n(n+1)/2=n+1choose 2$, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^msum_k=1^l1=n+2choose 3$, etc. Now, let's look at what the left hand side is counting. In the first case, we're just counting the number of ways to choose an $m$ between $1$ and $n$ (inclusive); this is, self-evidently, just $n$. In the second, we're choosing a number $m$ between $1$ and $n$ inclusive, again, but then choosing an $l$ between $1$ and $m$; this is exactly the number of ways of choosing two numbers between $1$ and $n$, where we don't care about the order — that is, choosing $2$ and $5$ is exactly the same as choosing $5$ and $2$. Similarly, $displaystylesum_m=1^nsum_l=1^msum_k=1^l1$ counts the number of ways of choosing three numbers between $1$ and $n$, without regard to order; this is because we can sort the numbers we've chosen (since we don't care about order), and then note that the largest can be anywhere between $1$ and $n$, but then the next largest can only be between $1$ and the largest, etc.



                  Now, the difference between this and regular combinations is that in a regular combination every chosen number must be distinct; but if we have an ordered list $langle k, l, mrangle$ of the (not necessarily distinct) numbers we've chosen between $1$ and $n$ then we can turn this into an ordered list of not necessarily distinct numbers between $1$ and $n+2$: let $k'=k$, $l'=l+1$, $m'=m+2$. You should be able to convince yourself that this is a one-to-one correspondence between not-necessarily-distinct choices in $1ldots n$ and distinct choices in $1ldots n+2$, and the same principle extends to any number of choices. (This wikipedia link has more details).







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                  answered 1 hour ago









                  Steven StadnickiSteven Stadnicki

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                      $$S_n_2=sum_i=1^nsum_j=1^ij=sum_i=1^nfraci(i+1)2=frac12sum_i=1^ni^2+i=frac12left[fracn(n+1)(2n+1)6+fracn(n+1)2right]=fracn(n+1)(n+2)6$$
                      and now:
                      $$S_n_3=sum_i=1^nsum_j=1^isum_k=1^jk=frac16sum_i=1^ni(i+1)(i+2)=frac16sum_i=1^ni^3+3i^2+2i=frac16left[fracn^2(n+1)^24+fracn(n+1)(2n+1)2+n(n+1)right]=fracn(n+1)6left[fracn(n+1)4+frac(2n+1)2+1right]=fracn(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)24$$
                      and we can see a pattern here. For a series $S_n_a$ with $a$ nested summations the following is true:
                      $$S_n_a=frac1(a+1)!prod_b=0^a(n+b)=frac(n+a)!(n-1)!(a+1)!$$






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                        Appart from the notation $S_n_a$, looks good. Note also that the last expression is $n+achoose a+1$.
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                      $$S_n_2=sum_i=1^nsum_j=1^ij=sum_i=1^nfraci(i+1)2=frac12sum_i=1^ni^2+i=frac12left[fracn(n+1)(2n+1)6+fracn(n+1)2right]=fracn(n+1)(n+2)6$$
                      and now:
                      $$S_n_3=sum_i=1^nsum_j=1^isum_k=1^jk=frac16sum_i=1^ni(i+1)(i+2)=frac16sum_i=1^ni^3+3i^2+2i=frac16left[fracn^2(n+1)^24+fracn(n+1)(2n+1)2+n(n+1)right]=fracn(n+1)6left[fracn(n+1)4+frac(2n+1)2+1right]=fracn(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)24$$
                      and we can see a pattern here. For a series $S_n_a$ with $a$ nested summations the following is true:
                      $$S_n_a=frac1(a+1)!prod_b=0^a(n+b)=frac(n+a)!(n-1)!(a+1)!$$






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                        2 hours ago






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                        Appart from the notation $S_n_a$, looks good. Note also that the last expression is $n+achoose a+1$.
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                      $$S_n_2=sum_i=1^nsum_j=1^ij=sum_i=1^nfraci(i+1)2=frac12sum_i=1^ni^2+i=frac12left[fracn(n+1)(2n+1)6+fracn(n+1)2right]=fracn(n+1)(n+2)6$$
                      and now:
                      $$S_n_3=sum_i=1^nsum_j=1^isum_k=1^jk=frac16sum_i=1^ni(i+1)(i+2)=frac16sum_i=1^ni^3+3i^2+2i=frac16left[fracn^2(n+1)^24+fracn(n+1)(2n+1)2+n(n+1)right]=fracn(n+1)6left[fracn(n+1)4+frac(2n+1)2+1right]=fracn(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)24$$
                      and we can see a pattern here. For a series $S_n_a$ with $a$ nested summations the following is true:
                      $$S_n_a=frac1(a+1)!prod_b=0^a(n+b)=frac(n+a)!(n-1)!(a+1)!$$






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                      $$S_n_2=sum_i=1^nsum_j=1^ij=sum_i=1^nfraci(i+1)2=frac12sum_i=1^ni^2+i=frac12left[fracn(n+1)(2n+1)6+fracn(n+1)2right]=fracn(n+1)(n+2)6$$
                      and now:
                      $$S_n_3=sum_i=1^nsum_j=1^isum_k=1^jk=frac16sum_i=1^ni(i+1)(i+2)=frac16sum_i=1^ni^3+3i^2+2i=frac16left[fracn^2(n+1)^24+fracn(n+1)(2n+1)2+n(n+1)right]=fracn(n+1)6left[fracn(n+1)4+frac(2n+1)2+1right]=fracn(n+1)(n+2)(n+3)24$$
                      and we can see a pattern here. For a series $S_n_a$ with $a$ nested summations the following is true:
                      $$S_n_a=frac1(a+1)!prod_b=0^a(n+b)=frac(n+a)!(n-1)!(a+1)!$$







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                      answered 2 hours ago









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                        Appart from the notation $S_n_a$, looks good. Note also that the last expression is $n+achoose a+1$.
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                        What is wrong with this answer?
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                        $begingroup$
                        Appart from the notation $S_n_a$, looks good. Note also that the last expression is $n+achoose a+1$.
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                        – Jean-Claude Arbaut
                        2 hours ago















                      $begingroup$
                      What is wrong with this answer?
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                      $begingroup$
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                      2 hours ago




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