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For $k$ and $l$ $\in n$ how can I prove the following :

$$(\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\pi_{k}Y_{k}-\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}Y_{k})^2=\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}Y_{k}Y_{l}(\pi_{k}-1)(\pi_{l}-1)$$ .

I have really tried to prove it but I could not .In fact all what I know about sums rules is that

$$ (\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}a_{k})^2=\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}a_{k}a_{k}+\sum\sum_{k\neq l}a_{k}a_{l}$$

I have tried to use this rule to prove it , but can't solve it by myself, can somebody help me please .

Thanks in advance

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$$\begin{align} \left(\sum_{k=1}^n\pi_k Y_k-\sum_{k=1}^nY_{k}\right)^2 &=\left(\sum_{k=1}^n(\pi_k -1)Y_k\right)^2\\ &=\left(\sum_{k=1}^n(\pi_k -1)Y_k\right)\left(\sum_{\ell=1}^n(\pi_\ell -1)Y_\ell\right)\\ &=\sum_{k=1}^n\sum_{\ell=1}^n Y_k Y_\ell(\pi_k -1)(\pi_\ell -1)\\ \end{align}$$

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Well: \begin{align}(\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\pi_{k}Y_{k}-\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}Y_{k})^2& = (\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\pi_{k}Y_{k}-\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}Y_{k})(\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}\pi_{l}Y_{l}-\sum_{l=1}^{k=l}Y_{l})\\ & =\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\pi_{k}Y_{k}\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}\pi_{l}Y_{l}-\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}Y_{k}\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}\pi_{l}Y_{l}+\\ & \quad -\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\pi_{k}Y_{k}\sum_{l=1}^{k=l}Y_{l}+\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}Y_{k}\sum_{l=1}^{k=l}Y_{l} \end{align} The second and the third term are the same up to renaming, hence we obtain, using the distributive law \begin{align}(\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\pi_{k}Y_{k}-\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}Y_{k})^2 & =\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\pi_{k}Y_{k}\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}\pi_{l}Y_{l}-2\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}Y_{k}\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}\pi_{l}Y_{l}+\\ & \quad +\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}Y_{k}\sum_{l=1}^{k=l}Y_{l}\\ & =\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}\pi_{k}Y_{k}\pi_{l}Y_{l}-2\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}Y_{k}\pi_{l}Y_{l}+\\ & \quad +\sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\sum_{l=1}^{k=l}Y_{k}Y_{l}\\ & = \sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}\left(\pi_{k}Y_{k}\pi_{l}Y_{l}-2Y_{k}\pi_{l}Y_{l}+Y_{k}Y_{l}\right)\\ & = \sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}Y_{k}Y_{l}\left(\pi_{k}\pi_{l}-2\pi_{l}+1\right)\\ & = \sum_{k=1}^{k=n}\sum_{l=1}^{l=n}Y_{k}Y_{l}(\pi_{k}-1)(\pi_{l}-1) \end{align}