On two Curious Sums of Triple Multiplication of Binomial Coefficients

Brian Y.Sun1
1 College of Mathematics and System Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830046, P.R.China

Abstract

By computer-assisted approaches and inductive arguments, two curious sums of triple multiplication of binomial coefficients are established in the present paper. The two curious sums arise in proving Melham’s conjecture on odd power sums of Fibonacci numbers, which was confirmed by Xie, Yang and the present author. However, being different from their’s technical way, the method used in the paper is more elementary.