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Find the coefficient of x^{98} in the expansion of (x - 1)(x - 2)(x - 3) ... (x - 100).

 Jun 18, 2020
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By combinatorics, if we want to get a term in x^98, we need to choose 98 x's from all these brackets, and for the remaining two brackets, we choose its constant term.

 

Therefore, the coefficient of x^98 is 

1i<j100iZjZij

 

This sum is (1+2++100)2(12+22++1002)2 (why?), which evaluates to 12,582,075.

 Jun 18, 2020

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