The following entertaining (but useless) facts about the number 2,016 appeared in a recent Facebook post (and subsequent comments) by the American Mathematical Monthly.
In this post, we’ll explore why these two expressions have to be equal.
The sum is an arithmetic series. The first term is , the last term is , and there are terms in the series. Using the formula for an arithmetic series, we find
I'm a Professor of Mathematics and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas. For eight years, I was co-director of Teach North Texas, UNT's program for preparing secondary teachers of mathematics and science.
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