Summation

Equivalent Value

Comments

=1+2+3+
4 + .. + n

= (n2 + n) / 2
= (1/2)n2 + (1/2)n

sum of
1stn integers

=1+4+9+
16 + .. + n2

= (1/6)n(n+1)(2n+1)
= (1/3)n3 + (1/2)n2 +
(1/6)n

sum of
1stn squares

= 1 + 8 + 27
+ 64 + .. + n3

= (1/4)n4 + (1/2)n3 +
(1/4)n2

sum of
1stn cubes

= 1 + 16 + 81
+ 256 + .. +
n4

= (1/5)n5 + (1/2)n4 +
(1/3)n3 - (1/30)n

= 1 + 32 +
243 + 1024 +
.. + n5

= (1/6)n6 + (1/2)n5 +
(5/12)n4 - (1/12)n2

= 1 + 64 +
729 + 4096 +
.. + n6

= (1/7)n7 + (1/2)n6 +
(1/2)n5 - (1/6)n3 + (1/42)n

= 1 + 128 +
2187 + 16384
+ .. + n7

= (1/8)n8 + (1/2)n7 +
(7/12)n6 - (7/24)n4 +
(1/12)n2

= 1 + 256 +
6561 + 65536
+ .. + n8

= (1/9)n9 + (1/2)n8 +
(2/3)n7 - (7/15)n5 +
(2/9)n3 - (1/30)n

= 1 + 512 +
19683 +
262144 + .. +
n9

= (1/10)n10 + (1/2)n9 +
(3/4)n8 - (7/10)n6 +
(1/2)n4 - (3/20)n2

= 1 + 1024 +
59049 +
1048576 + ..

= (1/11)n11 + (1/2)n10 +
(5/6)n9 - n7 + n5 - (1/2)n3 +
(5/66)n

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Expansion

k=1

+ n10