diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1e8ab2fa6..afef29bc19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1760,6 +1760,12 @@ New modules
   Algebra.Properties.Loop
   ```
 
+* Properties of (Commutative)Semiring: the Binomial Theorem
+  ```
+  Algebra.Properties.CommutativeSemiring.Binomial
+  Algebra.Properties.Semiring.Binomial
+  ```
+
 * Some n-ary functions manipulating lists
   ```
   Data.List.Nary.NonDependent
@@ -1976,7 +1982,7 @@ Additions to existing modules
 
 * Added new proof to `Algebra.Properties.Monoid.Sum`:
   ```agda
-  sum-init-last : ∀ {n} (t : Vector _ (suc n)) → sum t ≈ sum (init t) + last t
+  sum-init-last : (t : Vector _ (suc n)) → sum t ≈ sum (init t) + last t
   ```
 
 * Added new proofs to `Algebra.Properties.Semigroup`:
diff --git a/src/Algebra/Properties/CommutativeSemiring/Binomial.agda b/src/Algebra/Properties/CommutativeSemiring/Binomial.agda
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a5524f3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Algebra/Properties/CommutativeSemiring/Binomial.agda
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- The Agda standard library
+--
+-- The Binomial Theorem for Commutative Semirings
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+{-# OPTIONS --cubical-compatible --safe #-}
+
+open import Algebra.Bundles
+  using (CommutativeSemiring)
+
+module Algebra.Properties.CommutativeSemiring.Binomial {a ℓ} (S : CommutativeSemiring a ℓ) where
+
+open CommutativeSemiring S
+open import Algebra.Properties.Semiring.Exp semiring using (_^_)
+import Algebra.Properties.Semiring.Binomial semiring as Binomial
+open Binomial public hiding (theorem)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Here it is
+
+theorem : ∀ n x y → (x + y) ^ n ≈ binomialExpansion x y n
+theorem n x y = Binomial.theorem x y (*-comm x y) n
+
diff --git a/src/Algebra/Properties/Monoid/Sum.agda b/src/Algebra/Properties/Monoid/Sum.agda
index dacb936285..2d8605a2b0 100644
--- a/src/Algebra/Properties/Monoid/Sum.agda
+++ b/src/Algebra/Properties/Monoid/Sum.agda
@@ -42,13 +42,17 @@ open import Algebra.Definitions.RawMonoid rawMonoid public
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- An alternative mathematical-style syntax for sumₜ
 
-infixl 10 sum-syntax
+infixl 10 sum-syntax sum⁺-syntax
 
 sum-syntax : ∀ n → Vector Carrier n → Carrier
 sum-syntax _ = sum
 
 syntax sum-syntax n (λ i → x) = ∑[ i < n ] x
 
+sum⁺-syntax = sum-syntax ∘ suc
+
+syntax sum⁺-syntax n (λ i → x) = ∑[ i ≤ n ] x
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Properties
 
diff --git a/src/Algebra/Properties/Semiring/Binomial.agda b/src/Algebra/Properties/Semiring/Binomial.agda
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4d5ef81db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Algebra/Properties/Semiring/Binomial.agda
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- The Agda standard library
+--
+-- The Binomial Theorem for *-commuting elements in a Semiring
+--
+-- Freely adapted from PR #1287 by Maciej Piechotka (@uzytkownik)
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+{-# OPTIONS --cubical-compatible --safe #-}
+
+open import Algebra.Bundles using (Semiring)
+open import Data.Bool.Base using (true)
+open import Data.Nat.Base as Nat hiding (_+_; _*_; _^_)
+open import Data.Nat.Combinatorics
+  using (_C_; nCn≡1; nC1≡n; nCk+nC[k+1]≡[n+1]C[k+1])
+open import Data.Nat.Properties as Nat
+  using (<⇒<ᵇ; n<1+n; n∸n≡0; +-∸-assoc)
+open import Data.Fin.Base as Fin
+  using (Fin; zero; suc; toℕ; fromℕ; inject₁)
+open import Data.Fin.Patterns using (0F)
+open import Data.Fin.Properties as Fin
+  using (toℕ<n; toℕ-fromℕ; toℕ-inject₁)
+open import Data.Fin.Relation.Unary.Top
+  using (view; ‵fromℕ; ‵inject₁; view-fromℕ; view-inject₁)
+open import Function.Base using (_∘_)
+open import Relation.Binary.PropositionalEquality.Core as ≡
+  using (_≡_; _≢_; cong)
+
+module Algebra.Properties.Semiring.Binomial
+  {a ℓ} (S : Semiring a ℓ)
+  (open Semiring S)
+  (x y : Carrier)
+  where
+
+open import Algebra.Definitions _≈_
+open import Algebra.Properties.Semiring.Sum S
+open import Algebra.Properties.Semiring.Mult S
+open import Algebra.Properties.Semiring.Exp S
+open import Relation.Binary.Reasoning.Setoid setoid
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Definitions
+
+-- Note - `n` could be implicit in many of these definitions, but the
+-- code is more readable if left explicit.
+
+binomial : (n : ℕ) → Fin (suc n) → Carrier
+binomial n k = (x ^ toℕ k) * (y ^ (n ∸ toℕ k))
+
+binomialTerm : (n : ℕ) → Fin (suc n) → Carrier
+binomialTerm n k = (n C toℕ k) × binomial n k
+
+binomialExpansion : ℕ → Carrier
+binomialExpansion n = ∑[ k ≤ n ] (binomialTerm n k)
+
+term₁ : (n : ℕ) → Fin (suc (suc n)) → Carrier
+term₁ n zero    = 0#
+term₁ n (suc k) = x * (binomialTerm n k)
+
+term₂ : (n : ℕ) → Fin (suc (suc n)) → Carrier
+term₂ n k with view k
+... | ‵fromℕ     = 0#
+... | ‵inject₁ j = y * binomialTerm n j
+
+sum₁ : ℕ → Carrier
+sum₁ n = ∑[ k ≤ suc n ] term₁ n k
+
+sum₂ : ℕ → Carrier
+sum₂ n = ∑[ k ≤ suc n ] term₂ n k
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Properties
+
+term₂[n,n+1]≈0# : ∀ n → term₂ n (fromℕ (suc n)) ≈ 0# 
+term₂[n,n+1]≈0# n rewrite view-fromℕ (suc n) = refl
+
+lemma₁ : ∀ n → x * binomialExpansion n ≈ sum₁ n
+lemma₁ n = begin
+  x * binomialExpansion n                ≈⟨ *-distribˡ-sum x (binomialTerm n) ⟩
+  ∑[ i ≤ n ] (x * binomialTerm n i)      ≈˘⟨ +-identityˡ _ ⟩
+  0# + ∑[ i ≤ n ] (x * binomialTerm n i) ≡⟨⟩
+  0# + ∑[ i ≤ n ] term₁ n (suc i)        ≡⟨⟩
+  sum₁ n                                 ∎
+
+lemma₂ : ∀ n → y * binomialExpansion n ≈ sum₂ n
+lemma₂ n = begin
+  y * binomialExpansion n                       ≈⟨ *-distribˡ-sum y (binomialTerm n) ⟩
+  ∑[ i ≤ n ] (y * binomialTerm n i)             ≈˘⟨ +-identityʳ _ ⟩
+  ∑[ i ≤ n ] (y * binomialTerm n i) + 0#        ≈⟨ +-cong (sum-cong-≋ lemma₂-inject₁) (sym (term₂[n,n+1]≈0# n)) ⟩
+  (∑[ i ≤ n ] term₂-inject₁ i) + term₂ n [n+1]  ≈˘⟨ sum-init-last (term₂ n) ⟩
+  sum (term₂ n)                                 ≡⟨⟩
+  sum₂ n                                        ∎
+  where
+    [n+1] = fromℕ (suc n)
+
+    term₂-inject₁ : (i : Fin (suc n)) → Carrier
+    term₂-inject₁ i = term₂ n (inject₁ i)
+
+    lemma₂-inject₁ : ∀ i → y * binomialTerm n i ≈ term₂-inject₁ i
+    lemma₂-inject₁ i rewrite view-inject₁ i = refl
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Next, a lemma which is independent of commutativity
+
+x*lemma : ∀ {n} (i : Fin (suc n)) →
+          x * binomialTerm n i ≈ (n C toℕ i) × binomial (suc n) (suc i)
+x*lemma {n} i = begin
+  x * binomialTerm n i                        ≡⟨⟩
+  x * ((n C k) × (x ^ k * y ^ (n ∸ k)))       ≈˘⟨ *-congˡ (×-assoc-* (n C k) _ _) ⟩
+  x * ((n C k) × x ^ k * y ^ (n ∸ k))         ≈˘⟨ *-assoc x ((n C k) × x ^ k) _ ⟩
+  (x * (n C k) × x ^ k) * y ^ (n ∸ k)         ≈⟨ *-congʳ (×-comm-* (n C k) _ _) ⟩
+  (n C k) × x ^ (suc k) * y ^ (n ∸ k)         ≡⟨⟩
+  (n C k) × x ^ (suc k) * y ^ (suc n ∸ suc k) ≈⟨ ×-assoc-* (n C k) _ _ ⟩
+  (n C k) × binomial (suc n) (suc i)          ∎
+  where k = toℕ i
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Next, a lemma which does require commutativity
+
+y*lemma : x * y ≈ y * x → ∀ {n : ℕ} (j : Fin n) → 
+          y * binomialTerm n (suc j) ≈ (n C toℕ (suc j)) × binomial (suc n) (suc (inject₁ j))
+y*lemma x*y≈y*x {n} j = begin
+  y * binomialTerm n (suc j)
+    ≈⟨ ×-comm-* nC[j+1] y (binomial n (suc j)) ⟩
+  nC[j+1] × (y * binomial n (suc j))
+    ≈⟨ ×-congʳ nC[j+1] (y*x^m*y^n≈x^m*y^[n+1] x*y≈y*x [j+1] [n-j-1]) ⟩
+  nC[j+1] × (x ^ [j+1] * y ^ [n-j])
+    ≈˘⟨ ×-congʳ nC[j+1] (*-congʳ (^-congʳ x (cong suc k≡j))) ⟩
+  nC[j+1] × (x ^ [k+1] * y ^ [n-j])
+    ≈˘⟨ ×-congʳ nC[j+1] (*-congˡ (^-congʳ y [n-k]≡[n-j])) ⟩
+  nC[j+1] × (x ^ [k+1] * y ^ [n-k])
+    ≡⟨⟩
+  nC[j+1] × (x ^ [k+1] * y ^ [n+1]-[k+1])
+    ≡⟨⟩
+  (n C toℕ (suc j)) × binomial (suc n) (suc i) ∎
+  where
+    i           = inject₁ j
+    k           = toℕ i
+    [k+1]       = ℕ.suc k
+    [j+1]       = toℕ (suc j)
+    [n-k]       = n ∸ k
+    [n+1]-[k+1] = [n-k]
+    [n-j-1]     = n ∸ [j+1]
+    [n-j]       = ℕ.suc [n-j-1]
+    nC[j+1]     = n C [j+1]
+
+    k≡j : k ≡ toℕ j
+    k≡j = toℕ-inject₁ j
+
+    [n-k]≡[n-j] : [n-k] ≡ [n-j]
+    [n-k]≡[n-j] = ≡.trans (cong (n ∸_) k≡j) (+-∸-assoc 1 (toℕ<n j))
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Now, a lemma characterising the sum of the term₁ and term₂ expressions
+
+private
+  n<ᵇ1+n : ∀ n → (n Nat.<ᵇ suc n) ≡ true
+  n<ᵇ1+n n with true ← n Nat.<ᵇ suc n | _ ← <⇒<ᵇ (n<1+n n) = ≡.refl
+
+term₁+term₂≈term : x * y ≈ y * x → ∀ n i → term₁ n i + term₂ n i ≈ binomialTerm (suc n) i
+
+term₁+term₂≈term x*y≈y*x n 0F = begin
+  term₁ n 0F + term₂ n 0F      ≡⟨⟩
+  0# + y * (1 × (1# * y ^ n))  ≈⟨ +-identityˡ _ ⟩
+  y * (1 × (1# * y ^ n))       ≈⟨ *-congˡ (+-identityʳ (1# * y ^ n)) ⟩
+  y * (1# * y ^ n)             ≈⟨ *-congˡ (*-identityˡ (y ^ n)) ⟩
+  y * y ^ n                    ≡⟨⟩
+  y ^ suc n                    ≈˘⟨ *-identityˡ (y ^ suc n) ⟩
+  1# * y ^ suc n               ≈˘⟨ +-identityʳ (1# * y ^ suc n) ⟩
+  1 × (1# * y ^ suc n)         ≡⟨⟩
+  binomialTerm (suc n) 0F      ∎
+
+term₁+term₂≈term x*y≈y*x n (suc i) with view i
+... | ‵fromℕ {n}
+{- remembering that i = fromℕ n, definitionally -}
+  rewrite toℕ-fromℕ n
+    | nCn≡1 n
+    | n∸n≡0 n
+    | n<ᵇ1+n n
+    = begin
+  x * ((x ^ n * 1#) + 0#) + 0# ≈⟨ +-identityʳ _ ⟩
+  x * ((x ^ n * 1#) + 0#)      ≈⟨ *-congˡ (+-identityʳ _) ⟩
+  x * (x ^ n * 1#)             ≈˘⟨ *-assoc _ _ _ ⟩
+  x * x ^ n * 1#               ≈˘⟨ +-identityʳ _ ⟩
+  1 × (x * x ^ n * 1#)         ∎
+
+... | ‵inject₁ j
+{- remembering that i = inject₁ j, definitionally -}
+    = begin
+  (x * binomialTerm n i) + (y * binomialTerm n (suc j))
+    ≈⟨ +-cong (x*lemma i) (y*lemma x*y≈y*x j) ⟩
+  (nCk × [x^k+1]*[y^n-k]) + (nC[j+1] × [x^k+1]*[y^n-k])
+    ≈˘⟨ +-congˡ (×-congˡ nC[k+1]≡nC[j+1]) ⟩
+  (nCk × [x^k+1]*[y^n-k]) + (nC[k+1] × [x^k+1]*[y^n-k])
+    ≈˘⟨ ×-homo-+ [x^k+1]*[y^n-k] nCk nC[k+1] ⟩
+  (nCk Nat.+ nC[k+1]) × [x^k+1]*[y^n-k]
+    ≡⟨ cong (_× [x^k+1]*[y^n-k]) (nCk+nC[k+1]≡[n+1]C[k+1] n k) ⟩
+  ((suc n) C (suc k)) × [x^k+1]*[y^n-k]
+    ≡⟨⟩
+  binomialTerm (suc n) (suc i) ∎
+  where
+    k               = toℕ i
+    [k+1]           = ℕ.suc k
+    [j+1]           = toℕ (suc j)
+    nCk             = n C k
+    nC[k+1]         = n C [k+1]
+    nC[j+1]         = n C [j+1]
+    [x^k+1]*[y^n-k] = binomial (suc n) (suc i)
+
+    nC[k+1]≡nC[j+1] : nC[k+1] ≡ nC[j+1]
+    nC[k+1]≡nC[j+1] = cong ((n C_) ∘ suc) (toℕ-inject₁ j)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Finally, the main result
+
+theorem : x * y ≈ y * x → ∀ n → (x + y) ^ n ≈ binomialExpansion n
+theorem x*y≈y*x zero    = begin
+  (x + y) ^ 0                     ≡⟨⟩
+  1#                              ≈˘⟨ 1×-identityʳ 1# ⟩
+  1 × 1#                          ≈˘⟨ *-identityʳ (1 × 1#) ⟩
+  (1 × 1#) * 1#                   ≈⟨ ×-assoc-* 1 1# 1# ⟩
+  1 × (1# * 1#)                   ≡⟨⟩
+  1 × (x ^ 0 * y ^ 0)             ≈˘⟨ +-identityʳ _ ⟩
+  1 × (x ^ 0 * y ^ 0) + 0#        ≡⟨⟩
+  (0 C 0) × (x ^ 0 * y ^ 0) + 0#  ≡⟨⟩
+  binomialExpansion 0             ∎
+theorem x*y≈y*x n+1@(suc n) = begin
+  (x + y) ^ n+1                                     ≡⟨⟩
+  (x + y) * (x + y) ^ n                             ≈⟨ *-congˡ (theorem x*y≈y*x n) ⟩
+  (x + y) * binomialExpansion n                     ≈⟨ distribʳ _ _ _ ⟩
+  x * binomialExpansion n + y * binomialExpansion n ≈⟨ +-cong (lemma₁ n) (lemma₂ n) ⟩
+  sum₁ n + sum₂ n                                   ≈˘⟨ ∑-distrib-+ (term₁ n) (term₂ n) ⟩
+  ∑[ i ≤ n+1 ] (term₁ n i + term₂ n i)              ≈⟨ sum-cong-≋ (term₁+term₂≈term x*y≈y*x n) ⟩
+  ∑[ i ≤ n+1 ] binomialTerm n+1 i                   ≡⟨⟩
+  binomialExpansion n+1                             ∎