Prove the following identity (gamma function)

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Prove the following identity

$$\sum _{i=0}^{k} (-1)^{i} \binom{\alpha}{i} = \frac{\Gamma (k+1-\alpha)}{\Gamma(1-\alpha) \Gamma(k+1)}$$

I tried to expand the left side

$$\binom{\alpha}{0} - \binom{\alpha}{1} + \binom{\alpha}{2} - \binom{\alpha}{3} + \binom{\alpha}{4} - \;\;\;... $$

$$ = \left [ \binom{\alpha}{0} + \binom{\alpha}{2} + \binom{\alpha}{4} + \;\;\;...\;\; \right ] - \left [ \binom{\alpha}{1} + \binom{\alpha}{3} + \binom{\alpha}{5} + \;\;\;...\;\; \right ] $$

but I couldn't simplify it. Any help?

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It's helpful to rewrite

$$ (-1)^k = \binom{-1}{k} $$

and then apply Vandermonde identity. Note the numerator is just $(k+ \alpha)!$ and the second term in the denominator $k!$