Prove the following identity I am having some trouble proving following identity without use of induction, with which it is trivial.
$$\sum_{n=1}^{m}\frac{1}{n(n+1)(n+2)}=\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{2(m+1)(m+2)}$$
I did expand the expression:
$$\sum_{n=1}^{m}\left( \frac{1}{2n}-\frac{1}{n+1}+\frac{1}{2(n+2)} \right)$$
I have no idea how to proceed further.

Hint: by partial fraction
$$\frac{1}{n(n+1)(n+2)}=\frac{A}{n}+\frac{B}{n+1}+\frac{C}{n+2}\Longrightarrow$$
$$1=A(n+1)(n+2)+Bn(n+2)+Cn(n+1)$$
Choosing smartly values for $\,n\,$ above , we get
$$1=2A\Longrightarrow A=\frac{1}{2}\;\;,\;\;1=-B\Longrightarrow B=-1\;\;,\;\;1=2C\Longrightarrow C=\frac{1}{2}$$
so
$$\frac{1}{n(n+1)(n+2)}=\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{1}{n}-\frac{2}{n+1}+\frac{1}{n+2}\right)$$
So summing up
$$\sum_{n=1}^m\frac{1}{n(n+1)(n+2)}=\frac{1}{2}\sum_{n=1}^m\left(\frac{1}{n}-\frac{2}{n+1}+\frac{1}{n+2}\right)=$$
$$=\frac{1}{2}\left[\sum_{n=1}^m\left(\frac{1}{n}-\frac{1}{n+1}\right)-\left(\frac{1}{n+1}-\frac{1}{n+2}\right)\right]$$
Now just check that there's a lot of cancellation up there...
