Simplification of a fractional factorial expresion

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I am stuck simplifying the following expression: $$\frac{\left(\frac{k-1}2\right)!}{\left(\frac k2\right)!}$$ I knew the result is $\frac k{2(k+1)}$ or $\frac k{k+1}$ but I am unable to prove it. In the expansion of these factorials, there is a half-integer difference between the numerator's and denominator's expansions.