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RE: Evaluate the following series:


From: Ted Harding
Subject: RE: Evaluate the following series:
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 08:12:28 +0100 (BST)

On 12-Aug-2012 06:45:43 address@hidden wrote:
> 1^2+2^2+3^2+...+100^2.
> 
> Could this be correct, I'm getting sum=50005000?
> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

50005000 is correct for 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + (100^2), i.e. sum((1:(100^2)),
but not for 1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + ... + 100^2, which is 338350.

You evaluated sum((1:(100^2)) instead of sum((1:100)^2).

Ted.


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