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Proof from Discrete Math (WIP)
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}% http://ctan.org/pkg/amsmath
\everymath{\displaystyle}
\begin{document}
\Huge
$\sum_{j=0}^{n}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j
\end{array}
\right)} = n2^{n-1}$
\newline
\newline
Now we prove it for n+1.
$\sum_{j=0}^{n+1}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n + 1 \\
j
\end{array}
\right)} = (n + 1)2^{n}$
$\sum_{j=0}^{n+1}{j\left(
\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j
\end{array}
\right)
+
\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j - 1
\end{array}
\right)
\right)}$
$\sum_{j=0}^{n+1}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j
\end{array}
\right)}
+
\sum_{j=0}^{n+1}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j - 1
\end{array}
\right)}$
$\sum_{j=0}^{n}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j
\end{array}
\right)}
+
\left(n+1\right)
\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
n + 1
\end{array}
\right)
+
\sum_{j=0}^{n+1}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j - 1
\end{array}
\right)}$
% Expand the combination
$\sum_{j=0}^{n}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j
\end{array}
\right)}
+
\left(
\frac{\left(n + 1\right)n!}{\left(n+1\right)!\left(n - n + 1\right)!}
\right)
+
\sum_{j=0}^{n+1}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j - 1
\end{array}
\right)}$
% Cancel the terms
$\sum_{j=0}^{n}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j
\end{array}
\right)}
+
\left(
\frac{n!}{n!}
\right)
+
\sum_{j=0}^{n+1}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j - 1
\end{array}
\right)}$
% Replace the terms
$n2^{n-1}
+
1
+
\sum_{j=0}^{n+1}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j - 1
\end{array}
\right)}$
$n2^{n-1}
+
1
+
\sum_{j=0}^{n}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j - 1
\end{array}
\right)}
+
\left(n + 1\right)
\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
n + 1 - 1
\end{array}
\right)$
% Replace some more terms
$n + 2 + n2^{n-1}
+
\sum_{j=0}^{n}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j - 1
\end{array}
\right)}$
% Group terms
$2 + n\left(1 + 2^{n-1}\right)
+
\sum_{j=0}^{n}{j\left(
\begin{array}{c}
n \\
j - 1
\end{array}
\right)}$
\end{document}
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