The crux of the algebraic proof of the binomial theorem is
Chapter 9, Problem 9.216(choose chapter or problem)
The crux of the algebraic proof of the binomial theorem is that, after making a change of variable so that two summations have the same lower and upper limits and the exponents of a and b are the same, you use the fact that m k+ m k1=_____.
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