Wednesday, 10 July 2019

discrete mathematics - Using induction to verify the formula for a summation $sum_{k=1}^n k^2 = frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}6$


Problem 4. use the principle of induction to verify:
$$\sum_{k=1}^n k^2 = \frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}6$$




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base case is obviously easy, but I don't know how to prove the inductive case

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