TITLE: Summation of product of three terms in AP
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: Here is an interesting relationship:
$$\sum_{r=1}^n r(r+m)(r+2m)=\left(\sum_{r=1}^n r\right)\left(\sum_{r=1}^{n+2m} r\right)\tag{1}$$
$$\text{i.e.} \;\; 1\cdot(1+m)(1+2m)+2\cdot (2+m)(2+2m)+3\cdot (3+m)(3+2m)+\cdots +n(n+m)(n+2m)=(1+2+3+\cdots+n)(1+2+3+\cdots+(n+2m))$$
which gives the following for the first few values of $m$:
$$\scriptsize\begin{align}
&1\cdot 1\cdot 1+2\cdot 2\cdot2+3\cdot3\cdot3+\cdots+n\cdot n\cdot n&&=(1+2+3+\cdots+n)(1+2+3+\cdots+n)\\
&1\cdot2\cdot3+2\cdot3\cdot4+3\cdot5\cdot7+\cdots+n(n+1)(n+2)&&=(1+2+3+\cdots+n)(1+2+3+\cdots+(n+2))\\
&1\cdot3\cdot5+2\cdot4\cdot6+3\cdot5\cdot7+\cdots+n(n+2)(n+4)&&=(1+2+3+\cdots+n)(1+2+3+\cdots+(n+4))\\ \end{align}$$
This can be proven by expanding both sides and finding that the result is 
$$\frac {n(n+1)}2\cdot \frac {(n+2m)(n+2m+1)}2\tag{2}$$

Question
  Can  the result can be proven without expansion to the closed form but only by manipulating summands and limits, i.e. prove $(1)$ without first expanding to $(2)$?


Some interesting but commonly-known results follow from this. 
Setting $m=0$ gives the "sum of cubes as square of sum of integers" result:
$$\sum_{r=1}^n r^3=\left(\sum_{r=1}^n r\right)^2$$
Setting $m=1$ gives the "discrete integral"
$$\sum_{r=1}^n r^\overline{3}=\frac{\;n^\overline{4}}4$$
where $r^\overline{a}$ is the symbol for the rising factorial.

REPLY [3 votes]: Consider the summation
$$\sum_{i=1}^si \sum_{j=1}^{s+2m}j$$
When $s=r-1$, the summation is equal to 
$$\big(1+2+\cdots+(r-1)\big)\big(1+2+3+\cdots+(r-1+2m)\big)$$
When $s=r$, the summation is equal to 
$$\big(1+2+\cdots+(r-1)+r\big)\big(1+2+3+\cdots+(r-1+2m)+(r+2m)\big)$$
New terms arising from putting $s=r$ are:
$$\require{cancel}\begin{align}
&\quad r\sum_{i=1}^{r+2m}i&&+(r+2m)\sum_{j=1}^rj&&-r(r+2m)\\
&=r\sum_{i=0}^{r+2m}i&&+(r+2m)\sum_{j=0}^rj&&-r(r+2m)\tag{1}\\
&=r\sum_{i=0}^{r+2m}\big(r+2m-i\big)&&+(r+2m)\sum_{j=0}^r \big(r-j\big)&&-r(r+2m)\tag{2}\\
&=\frac 12 r\sum_{i=0}^{r+2m}(r+2m)&&+\frac 12 (r+2m)\sum_{j=0}^r r&&-r(r+2m)\tag{(1)+(2))/2}\\
&=\frac 12 r(r+2m)\sum_{i=0}^{r+2m}1&&+\frac 12 r(r+2m)\sum_{j=0}^r 1&&-r(r+2m)\\
&=\frac 12 r(r+2m)\sum_{i=1}^{r+2m}1&&+\frac 12 r(r+2m)\sum_{j=1}^r 1&&\cancel{-r(r+2m)}\\
&\; + \cancel{\frac 12 r(r+2m)}&&+\cancel{\frac 12 r(r+2m)}\\
&=r(r+2m)\frac {r+2m}2&&+r(r+2m)\frac r2\\
&=r(r+m)(r+2m)
\end{align}$$
Summing from $r=1$ to $n$ gives 
$$\color{red}{\sum_{r=1}^n r\sum_{r=1}^{n+2m}r=\sum_{r=1}^n r(r+m)(r+2m)}$$