I am interested in the limit $\frac{\Sigma_{k=0}^n \sqrt{k}.\binom{n}{k}}{\sqrt{n}.2^n}$ as $n$ goes to infinity. Any reference or argument?
In general what do we know about the asymptotic behavior of $\Sigma_{k=0}^n k^\alpha.\binom{n}{k}$, where $\alpha$ is a positive real (not necessarily integer)?