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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Integration by Parts and Polynomial Identities (sum and difference of the n-th powers of x and y)

Consider uv(n+1)dx=udv(n)=uv(n)uv(n)dx

Thus we have uv(n)dx=udv(n1)=uv(n1)uv(n1)dx

Therefore uvn+1dx=uv(n)uv(n1)+uv(n2)+...+(1)nu(n)v+(1)n+1u(n+1)vdx

uvn+1dx++(1)nu(n+1)vdx=uv(n)uv(n1)+uv(n2)+...+(1)nu(n)v

Derivative both sides, we have

uv(n+1)+(1)nu(n+1)v=ddx(uv(n)uv(n1)+uv(n2)+...+u(n)v)

We already know that ddx(uv)=(u+v)(uv)

And Consider the differential operator two sides,

v(n+1)+(1)nu(n+1)=(v+u)(v(n)uv(n1)+u(2)v(n2)+...+(1)nu(n))

It's just polynomials identity xn+1+(1)nyn+1=(x+y)(xnxn1y+...+(1)n1(xyn1)+(1)nyn)

When n=1, we have x2y2=(x+y)(xy)

When n=2, we have x3+y3=(x+y)(x2xy+y2)

we can let y:=y and get xn+1yn+1=(xy)(xn+xn1y+xn2y2+...+yn)

Thus we have xn+1yn+1=(xy)(xn+xn1y+xn2y2+...+yn), for all nN

And xn+1+yn+1=(x+y)(xnxn1y+...+(1)n1(xyn1)+yn), for all n2N

It shows an interesting way to derivate the identity

 

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