Marsden's Identity states that:
For every $\tau$ in $\mathbb{R }$:
$(\cdot -\tau)^{k-1}=\sum_j\Psi_{j,k}B_{j,k,t}$
with: $\Psi_{j,k}=(t_j-\tau)\times...\times(t_{j+k-1}-\tau)$
Following de Boor's notation $B_{j,k,t}$ stands for the $j-th$ B-spline of order $k$ defined over the knot vector $t$ i.e. $(t_{j+k}-t_j)\cdot [t_j,...,t_{j+k}](\cdot - x)_+^{k-1}$
Also define the space spanned by the B-splines as:
$\$_{k,t}:=\{\sum\alpha_jB_{j,k,t} : \alpha_j\in\mathbb{R}\}$
Technically using Marsden's Identity I should be able to show that $\mathbb{P}_k$ that stands for the space of all polynomials of degree $<k-1$ is contained in $\$_{k,t}$ by putting $\alpha_j=\Psi_{j,k}$. But by doing so, I don't really see how this expression is describing all possible polynomials of degree $k-1$.
Doesn't $(\cdot -\tau)^{k-1}$ represents all polynomials of degree $k-1$ where $\tau$ is a root with multiplicity $k-1$ which is a subset of $\mathbb{P}_k$? Am I missing something here?
I found the solution after some research, hence I'll post it here in case anyone have curiosity:
Marsden's Identity states that for all $\tau$ in $\mathbb{R}$ it holds that: $$(\cdot -\tau)^{k-1}=\sum_j\Psi_{j,k}B_{j,k} \, ,$$
It's straightforward to show that $((\cdot-\tau_j)^{k-1}:j=1,...,k)$ , $\tau_1<...<\tau_k$, is a basis for the space $\Pi_{<k}$ (the space of polynomials of degree smaller than $k$).
Hence any polynomials of degree $<k$ can be written as a linear combination of the elements in the basis, i.e.:
$$\beta_1(\cdot-\tau_1)^{k-1}+...+\beta_k(\cdot-\tau_k)^{k-1},$$
By Marsden's Identity we have that the latter equals: $$\sum_j\beta_1\Psi_{j,k}(\tau_1)B_{j,k} +...+\sum_j\beta_k\Psi_{j,k}(\tau_k)B_{j,k}$$
Reordering it yelds to: $$\sum_j(\beta_1\Psi_{j,k}(\tau_1)+...+\beta_k\Psi_{j,k}(\tau_k))B_{j,k}$$
Letting $\alpha_j=(\beta_1\Psi_{j,k}(\tau_1)+...+\beta_k\Psi_{j,k}(\tau_k))$ we have shown that any polynomial in $\Pi_{<k}$ is contained in $\$_{j,k}$.