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[Community Question] Algebra-Precalculus: series $\sum_{n=1}^\infty \sum_{m=1}^\infty \frac{(m+n-1)!}{m!(n-1)!n!(m-1)!}a^m b^n.$

One of our user asked:

Can anyone please help me with the computation of following series:

$$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \sum_{m=1}^\infty \frac{(m+n-1)!}{m!(n-1)!n!(m-1)!}a^m b^n.$$

My thoughts: Since $$\displaystyle \frac{(m+n-1)!}{m!(n-1)!n!(m-1)!} = \frac{\binom{m+n-1}{m}\binom{m+n-1}{m-1}}{(m+n-1)!},$$ by some arrangement this may be the probability of a hypergeometric distribution.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!


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