Proving Equality in a Summation: A Scientific Approach

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In summary, the conversation discusses proving the equality between two mathematical expressions involving a complex variable and a summation. The person asking the question suggests using induction to prove it, while the other person mentions using a table of integrals and binomial expansion. They also mention that the two results are equal and can be easily proven by substituting values of N.
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Hello,

How to prove this equality:

[tex]N\,\overline{\gamma}\sum_{k=0}^{N-1}(-1)^k\frac{{N-1\choose k}}{(k+1)^2}=\,\overline{\gamma}\sum_{k=1}^N\frac{1}{k}[/tex]?

Thanks in advance
 
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It should be relatively easy to prove it by induction.
 
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nicksauce said:
It should be relatively easy to prove it by induction.

The result in the left hand side is my evaluation to an integral using the table of integrals and binomial expansion, and the result in the right hand side obtained from the authors, but I don't know how they did obtain it. The two results are equal and it is easy to proof that by substituting several values of N, but I am wondering if we can go from the LHS equation to the RHS systematically.

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