(1)

\begin{align*} C^{-1}(k+j+1,j+1) & =\frac{j+1}{j}\left(\frac{k+j+1}{j+1}-\frac{k+1}{j+1}\right)\frac{(j+1)!k!}{(k+j+1)!}\\ & =\frac{j+1}{j}\left(\frac{j!k!}{(k+j)!}-\frac{j!(k+1)!}{(k+k+1)!}\right)\\ & =\frac{j+1}{j}\left(C^{-1}(k+j,j)-C^{-1}(k+j+1,j)\right) \end{align*}

(2)

\begin{align*} \sum_{k=0}^{n}C^{-1}(k+j+1,j+1) & =\frac{j+1}{j}\sum_{k=0}^{n}\left(C^{-1}(k+j,j)-C^{-1}(k+j+1,j)\right)\\ & =\frac{j+1}{j}\left(C^{-1}(j,j)-C^{-1}(n+j+1,j)\right)\\ & =\frac{j+1}{j}\left(1-\frac{j!(n+1)!}{(n+j+1)!}\right) \end{align*}