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An interesting identity: in search of a proof -Part I
I like the following binomial identity in that the RHS extracts the indeterminate $w$ from the LHS.
Question. Can you show that
$$\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{x+kw}k\binom{y-kw}{n-k}=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{x+y-...
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Is there a $q$-analogue to Shapiro's convolution identity?
Let $C_n=\frac1{n+1}\binom{2n}n$ denote the Catalan numbers.
This question is motivated by the (unanswered) MO post by Alexander Burstein and my own (answered by Fedor Petrov) MO post.
Specifically, ...