grandes-ecoles 2022 Q18
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For $( n , N ) \in \mathbf { N } \times \mathbf { N } ^ { * }$, we denote by $P _ { n , N }$ the set of lists $\left( a _ { 1 } , \ldots , a _ { N } \right) \in \mathbf { N } ^ { N }$ such that $\sum _ { k = 1 } ^ { N } k a _ { k } = n$. If this set is finite, we denote by $p _ { n , N }$ its cardinality. We denote by $p _ { n }$ the final value of $\left( p _ { n , N } \right) _ { N \geq 1 }$.
Let $N \in \mathbf { N } ^ { * }$. Give a sequence $\left( a _ { n , N } \right) _ { n \in \mathbf { N } }$ such that
$$\forall z \in D , \frac { 1 } { 1 - z ^ { N } } = \sum _ { n = 0 } ^ { + \infty } a _ { n , N } z ^ { n }$$
Deduce, by induction, the formula
$$\forall N \in \mathbf { N } ^ { * } , \forall z \in D , \prod _ { k = 1 } ^ { N } \frac { 1 } { 1 - z ^ { k } } = \sum _ { n = 0 } ^ { + \infty } p _ { n , N } z ^ { n }$$