Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Given a/(k+1)! -b/k! +c/(k-1)!=(k^2-k-1)/(k+1)!, what are natural numbers a,b,c?

We'll write the
denominators:


 (k+1)! =
(k-1)!*k*(k+1)


k! =
(k-1)!*k


We'll re-write the identity from
enunciation:


a/(k-1)!*k*(k+1)  - b/(k-1)!*k + c/(k-1)! =
(k^2-k-1)/(k-1)!*k*(k+1)


We'll multiply both sides by
(k-1)!*k*(k+1):


a - b(k+1) + c*k(k+1) =
(k^2-k-1)


We'll remove the
brackets:


a - bk  - b + ck^2 + ck = k^2 - k -
1


We'll combine like terms from the left
side:


ck^2 + k(c - b) + a - b = k^2 - k -
1


Comparing, we'll
get:


c =
1


c - b = -1


b
= c + 1 => b  = 2


a - b
= -1


a = b - 1


a
= 1 


The natural numbers a,b,c
are: a = 1, b  = 2 and c = 1, so
that:


1/(k+1)! 
- 2/k! + 1/(k-1)! =
(k^2-k-1)/(k+1)!

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