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- From: jgrij@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com (Joey J. Griffin)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: sum(i=1 to n, i^3) = ?? URGENT !!
- Summary: Here Goes:
- Message-ID: <8979@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 16:39:48 GMT
- References: <1993Jan7.145215@imhfhp16.epfl.ch>
- Organization: Chevron, La Habra, CA
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- Olivier writes:
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- > Article 35846 (72 more) in sci.math:
- > From: byrde@imhfhp16.epfl.ch (Olivier BYRDE)
- > Subject: sum(i=1 to n, i^3) = ?? URGENT !!
- > Message-ID: <1993Jan7.145215@imhfhp16.epfl.ch>
- > Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
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- > Could someone give me the general formula for this sum ?
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- > Thanks, Olivier
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- I just can't resist:
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- 1^3 + 2^3 + 3^3 + ... + n^3 = (1 + 2 + 3 + ... n) ^ 2
- Proof by induction.
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- 1 + 2 + 3 + ... n = n*(n+1) / 2
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- therefore:
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- sum(i=1 to n, i^3) = ( n*(n+1)/2) ^2
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- Is this right ;-)
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