ACompute the sums of the squares of Rows 1-4 of Pascal's Triangle. That is, compute:
$\binom10^2 + \binom11^2$
$\binom20^2 + \binom21^2 + \binom22^2$
$\binom30^2 + \binom31^2 + \binom32^2 + \binom33^2$
$\binom40^2 + \binom41^2 + \binom42^2 + \binom43^2 + \binom44^2$
Do these sums appear anywhere else in Pascal's Triangle?
BGuess at an identity based on your observations from part (a). Your identity should be of the form
$\binom{n}{0}^2 + \binom{n}{1}^2 + \cdots + \binom{n}{n}^2 = \text{ something}.$
(You have to figure out what "something" is.) Test your identity for $n=1,2,3,4$ using your results from part (a).
CProve your identity using a committee-forming argument.
DProve your identity using a block-walking argument.
ACompute the sums of the squares of Rows 1-4 of Pascal's Triangle. That is, compute:
$\binom20^2 + \binom21^2 + \binom22^2$
$\binom30^2 + \binom31^2 + \binom32^2 + \binom33^2$
$\binom40^2 + \binom41^2 + \binom42^2 + \binom43^2 + \binom44^2$
Do these sums appear anywhere else in Pascal's Triangle?
BGuess at an identity based on your observations from part (a). Your identity should be of the form
(You have to figure out what "something" is.) Test your identity for $n=1,2,3,4$ using your results from part (a).
CProve your identity using a committee-forming argument.
DProve your identity using a block-walking argument.