Snake Oil Method
The expansion of the two sides of a sum equality in terms of Polynomials in 
and 
, followed by closed form summation in terms of 
and 
. For an example of the technique, see Bloom (1995).
References
Bloom, D. M. ``A Semi-Unfriendly Identity.'' Problem 10206. Solution by R. J. Chapman. Amer. Math. Monthly 102, 657-658, 1995. Wilf, H. S. Generatingfunctionology, 2nd ed. New York: Academic Press, 1993.
- Valency
- Valuation
- Valuation Group
- Valuation Ring
- Valuation Theory
- Value
- Value (Game)
- Vampire Number
- van der Grinten Projection
- Vandermonde Determinant
- Vandermonde Identity
- Vandermonde Matrix
- Vandermonde's Sum
- Vandermonde Theorem
- van der Pol Equation
- van der Waerden Number
- van der Waerden's Theorem
- Vandiver's Criteria
- Vanishing Point
- van Kampen's Theorem
- van Wijngaarden-Deker-Brent Method
- Varga's Constant
- Variance
- Difference of Successes
- Difference Operator