62 Chapter 2. On a conjecture about addition modulo 2 k − 1As a corollary, we get a <strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nce relation.Corollary 2.5.21. For d ≥ 2, 1 ≤ n ≤ l ≤ d − 1, and ∑ nj=1 i j = l,∑d−l( ) d − la d,n+jij= 0 .1,...,i n,0,...,0j=0Proof. The proof goes by induction on d − 1 − l. For l = d − 1, this is a direct consequence of theprevious proposition. For l < d − 1, one uses the induction hypothesis and Corollary 2.5.18.Finally, <strong>here</strong> is the general expression for a d,n(i 1,...,i n) .Proposition 2.5.2. Suppose that i 1 ≥ · · · ≥ i m ≠ 0 > i m+1 = 0 = · · · = i n and m > 0. Let us<strong>de</strong>note by l the sum l = i 1 + . . . + i n > 0 (i.e. the total <strong>de</strong>gree of the monomial). Then( )a d,n(i = l1,...,i n) (−1)n+1 b d,nl,mi 1 , . . . , i ,nwithn−mb d,nl,m = ∑( n − mii=0) d−n∑( ) d − njj=0⎛⎝ ∑ k≥1Within b d,nl,m, the following notation is used:• I = {m + 1, . . . , m + i};• J = {n + 1, . . . , n + j};• S = ∑ j∈I∪J,1≤j≤m k j;• h = d − m − j − i;∑k j≥0,j∈I∪J,1≤j≤m(l + S − m)!l!2 k [ ] ⎞ h − k ⎠ ∏ A kj∏ A kj − 3 kj=0(h − k)! l + S − m k j ! k j !j∈J j∈Im∏j=1C kj−1|k j − 1|!.and⎧⎨ A j + Bj+1j+1if j > 0 ,C j = −⎩13 6if j = 0 ,1 if j = −1 .Proof. If X j = 2, then the <strong>de</strong>gree of β j in SX d is zero. If X j = 0, then 4 −βj can be factored outof SX d and β j will appear in every exponential. T<strong>here</strong>fore, we can consi<strong>de</strong>r only X’s which verifythe following constraints to compute a d,n(i 1,...,i n) :⎧⎨ 0, 1 if 1 ≤ j ≤ m ,X j = 0, 1, 2 if m + 1 ≤ j ≤ n ,⎩1, 2 if n + 1 ≤ j ≤ d .From Proposition 2.5.14,S d X = 2j23 j2 ∏{j|X j=2}((1 − 4 −βj ) S d−j2X− Ξ d X),
2.5. A closed-form expression for f d 63and the monomials of non-zero <strong>de</strong>gree only come from Ξ d X .Moreover, Ξ d X can be written as[] ) ( ∑Ξ d X = 13 j1 ∑k j≥0,{j|X j≠2}( j2−1∑k=02 −kk!∑k{j|X k j≠2} j{j|X j≠2} k j∏{j|X j≠2} k j!)!⎛⎝∏{j|X j=0}⎞β kj ⎠j 4−βj Π d X .So, to get a multinomial of multi-<strong>de</strong>gree (i 1 , . . . , i n ), different choices can be ma<strong>de</strong> for the k j ’s:• If X j = 0, then we must take k j = i j . This happens for 1 ≤ j ≤ n.• If X j = 1, then we can take any k j ≥ min(i j − 1, 0) and take into account the correctcoefficient in Π d X . This happens for 1 ≤ j ≤ d.• If X j = 2, then t<strong>here</strong> is no choice to make. This happens for m + 1 ≤ j ≤ d.In the following sum, we gat<strong>here</strong>d the contributions of all X’s. We <strong>de</strong>note by I the set ofindices m + 1 ≤ j ≤ n such that X j = 0, 1 (the other ones are such that X j = 2) and by J theset of indices n + 1 ≤ j ≤ d such that X j = 1 (the other ones are such that X j = 2).The summation variables k j w<strong>here</strong> j is in I ∪ J or [1, m] are to be un<strong>de</strong>rstood as the <strong>de</strong>greewe choose in the above expression of Ξ d X . Following the above discussion on the choice of the k j’s:• If j ∈ J, then we can choose any positive <strong>de</strong>gree k j and extract the constant coefficient A kj .• If j ∈ I, then we can choose any positive <strong>de</strong>gree k j and we extract the constant coefficientA kj as above if k j > 0, and A 0 − 3 if k j = 0 (the −3 comes from the choice X j = 0 whichgives 1 = 3 · 1/3).• Finally, if 1 ≤ j ≤ m, then we have to choose k j ≥ i j − 1, and the corresponding coefficient1isk = 1 j+1 i jif k j = i j − 1, 5/6 − 3 = −13/6 if k j = i j (as above the −3 comes fromthe choice X j = 0) and ( k j) ( )i jA kj−i j+ B k j −i j +1k j−i j+1if k j > i j . We <strong>de</strong>note that coefficient byD kj,i j.We <strong>de</strong>note S and h the quantities S = ∑ j∈I∪J,1≤j≤m k j and h = d − m − #J − #I. Thena d,n(i 1,...,i n)can be expressed asa d,n(i 1,...,i n) = (−1)n+1 ∑I⊂{m+1,...,n}J⊂{n+1,...,d}∑k j≥0,j∈I∪Jk j≥i j−1,1≤j≤mS!∏j∈I∪J k j! ∏ mj=1 k j!⎛⎝ ∑ 2 k [ ] ⎞ h − k ⎠ ∏ ∏ ( ∏A(h − k)! Skj Akj − 3 kj=0) m D kj,i j.k≥1j∈J j∈Ij=1Extracting the binomial coefficient of D kj,i j, we can factor out the multinomial coefficient ((remember that l was <strong>de</strong>fined as l = ∑ nj=1 i j):( )(i = l1,...,i n) (−1)n+1 i 1 , . . . , i na d,n∑I⊂{m+1,...,n}J⊂{n+1,...,d}∏j∈J∑k j≥0,j∈I∪Jk j≥i j−1,1≤j≤mA kjk j !∏j∈IS!l!A kj − 3 kj=0k j !⎛⎝ ∑ k≥1m∏j=12 k(h − k)!C kj−i j|k j − i j |![ ] ⎞ h − k ⎠S,)li 1,...,i n