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Some Summations

  1. Guess and prove a formula for the sum of the first n positive integers.
  2. Guess and prove a formula for the sum of the first n positive odd integers.
  3. Guess and prove a formula for the sum of the squares of the first n positive integers.
  4. Guess and prove a formula for the sum of the cubes of the first n positive integers.
  5. Guess and prove a formula for the sum of the fourth powers of the first n positive integers.



Carl Lee
Wed Apr 21 08:26:07 EDT 1999