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FPS Euler Second Identity #

We prove the Euler second identity purely algebraically in the formal power series ring: qPochhammerInf(-a) = Σ_{n≥0} X^{C(n,2)} · aⁿ · (qPochhammer(X, n))⁻¹

The proof uses the finite q-binomial theorem (which holds in any commutative ring) and takes the limit in the pi topology. The key step is showing that the Gaussian binomial coefficient qBinom(N, k, X) converges to (qPochhammer(X, k))⁻¹ as N → ∞.

qPochhammer X n is a unit in R⟦X⟧ (its constant term is 1).

qPochhammerInf a = qPochhammer a n · qPochhammerInf (a · X^n).