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Looking for a $q$-analogue of a binomial identity
The following identity is well-known and there are a few proofs to it (see Bijective proof problems, by R P Stanley, for this and similar formulae):
$$\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{2k}k\binom{2n-2k}{n-k}=4^n \...
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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, ...