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Sum of multinomals = sum of binomials: why?

For convenience set $m=n-2k$. Then \begin{equation} \begin{split} \binom{n-2k+j}{j,k-2j,n-3k+2j} &= \binom{m+j}{j,k-2j,m-k+2j} \\ &= \binom{m+j}{m} \binom{m}{k-2j} \\ &= [t^j](1-t)^{-(m+1)} …
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