Zero Choose Zero/Proof 1

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Theorem

$\dbinom 0 0 = 1$


Proof

By Zero Choose n:

$\dbinom 0 n = \delta_{0 n}$

where:

$\dbinom 0 n$ denotes a binomial coefficient
$\delta_{0 n}$ denotes the Kronecker delta.

Hence directly:

$\dbinom 0 0 = 1$


$\blacksquare$