The question asks to prove or derive a combinatorial identity, inequality, or formula involving binomial coefficients, such as Vandermonde's identity, Abel's identity, or bounds on C(2n,n).
For $n \in \mathbb{N}$ and $k \in \llbracket 0; n \rrbracket$, we denote by $\binom{n}{k}$ the binomial coefficient $\binom{n}{k} = \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}$. Let $p \in \mathbb{N}^*$. Show that $\binom{2p}{p}$ is an even integer. Deduce that, if $n \in \mathbb{N}^*$ and $p \in \llbracket 1; n \rrbracket$, then $\binom{n+p}{p}\binom{n}{p}$ is an even integer.
For $n \in \mathbb{N}$ and $k \in \llbracket 0; n \rrbracket$, we denote by $\binom{n}{k}$ the binomial coefficient $\binom{n}{k} = \frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!}$. The family $\left(K_n\right)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ is the orthonormal family defined in question II.E. For all $n \in \mathbb{N}$, show that we can write: $$K_n = \sqrt{2n+1} \, \Lambda_n$$ where $\Lambda_n$ is a polynomial with integer coefficients that we will make explicit. Among the coefficients of $\Lambda_n$, which ones are even?
Deduce from the previous questions that $$\sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { n } \left( x - \frac { k } { n } \right) ^ { 2 } \binom { n } { k } x ^ { k } ( 1 - x ) ^ { n - k } = \frac { x ( 1 - x ) } { n } .$$
Let $n \in \mathbb{N}$. Using the factorization $$( X + 1 ) ^ { 2 n } = ( X + 1 ) ^ { n } ( X + 1 ) ^ { n }$$ show that $$\sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { n } \binom { n } { k } ^ { 2 } = \binom { 2 n } { n }$$
Let $n \in \mathbb{N}^*$ and $$T _ { n } ( X ) = \sum _ { p = 0 } ^ { \lfloor n / 2 \rfloor } ( - 1 ) ^ { p } \binom { n } { 2 p } X ^ { n - 2 p } \left( 1 - X ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { p }.$$ By expanding $( 1 + x ) ^ { n }$ for two appropriately chosen real numbers $x$, show that $$\sum _ { p = 0 } ^ { \lfloor n / 2 \rfloor } \binom { n } { 2 p } = 2 ^ { n - 1 }.$$
3. Let n be any positive integer. Prove that: $$\sum _ { k = 0 } ^ { m } \frac { \binom { 2 n - k } { k } } { \binom { 2 n - k } { n } } \cdot \frac { ( 2 n - 4 k + 1 ) } { ( 2 n - 2 k + 1 ) } 2 ^ { n - 2 k } = \frac { \binom { n } { m } } { \binom { 2 n - 2 m } { n - m } } 2 ^ { n - 2 m }$$ for each nonnegative integer $\mathrm { m } \leq \mathrm { n }$. (Here $\left. \binom { p } { q } = \square ^ { p } C _ { q } \right)$