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Does anyone know where this idea comes from? I've never seen this before

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Original post by ckfeister
Does anyone know where this idea comes from? I've never seen this before


Essentially partial fraction decomposition. Core 4.
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Original post by RDKGames
Essentially partial fraction decomposition. Core 4.


I'm on about the factorial removal I don't get how or ever seen it
Original post by ckfeister
I'm on about the factorial removal I don't get how or ever seen it


Well you just need to know your factorial for that, nothing fancy here.

1(r+2)r!=A(r+1)!+B(r+2)!=A(r+1)r!+B(r+2)(r+1)r!\dfrac{1}{(r+2)r!} = \dfrac{A}{(r+1)!} + \dfrac{B}{(r+2)!} = \dfrac{A}{(r+1)r!} + \dfrac{B}{(r+2)(r+1)r!}

Now mult both sides by (r+2)r!(r+2)r! and you land on what they got.
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thx

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