 Binomial theorem for commuting matrices (source code)

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= Binomial theorem for commuting matrices

If square matrices $A$ and $B$ commute, then
$$
(A+B)^n=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom nkA^{n-k}B^k.
$$
The usual proof works because commutativity allows words with the same numbers of $A$ and $B$ factors to be collected.

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