Sunday, December 14, 2008

Binomial theorem

If x and a are real numbers, then for all n Є N

(x+a)n
= nC0xna0 + nC1xn-1a1 +nC2xn-2a2 + ...+nCrxn-rar+ ...+nCn-1x1an-1+nCnx0an

(x+a)n
= (r = 0 to n)Σ nCrxn-rar

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