Power Series Identity for Bessel Functions

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Homework Statement


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[tex]e^{\frac{x}{2}(t-\frac{1}{t})}=\sum^{\infty}_{n=-\infty}J_n(x)t^n[/tex]


Homework Equations


[tex]J_k(x)=\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}\frac{(-1)^n}{(n+k)!n!}(\frac{x}{2})^{2n+k}[/tex]


The Attempt at a Solution


Power series product
[tex](\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}a_n)\cdot (\sum^{\infty}_{n=0} b_n)=\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}c_n[/tex]
where
[tex]\sum^n_{i=0}a_ib_{n-i}[/tex]
[tex](\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}\frac{1}{n!}(\frac{x}{2})^nt^n)\cdot (\sum^{\infty}_{n=0} \frac{(-1)^n}{n!}(\frac{x}{2})^nt^{2i-n})=\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}c_n[/tex]
where
[tex]c_n=\sum^{n}_{i=0}\frac{(-1)^{n-i}}{i!(n-i)!}(\frac{x}{2})^nt^{2i-n}[/tex]
So
[tex]e^{\frac{x}{2}(t-\frac{1}{t})}=\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}\sum^{n}_{i=0} \frac {(-1)^{n-i}}{i!(n-i)!}(\frac{x}{2})^nt^{2i-n}[/tex]
I don't see how to get from here
[tex]e^{\frac{x}{2}(t-\frac{1}{t})}=\sum^{\infty}_{n=-\infty}J_n(x)t^n[/tex]
 
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You'll need to extract t from the inner sum. To do that, you need to change the summation variables so that only one of them (the outer sum variable) shows up in t's exponent. It's a bit messy because it can take either sign, so it might be best to handle the ranges 2i>=n, 2i<n separately.
 
Is there some other way to do it. Easier? Here I go from Taylor to Laurent series.