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Old 07-03-08, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by DoesntMatter View Post
Which has the closed form expression of

N(S) = 1 + 2 + 3 + …. + (S – 1) + S
LOL, this^ is what I said DM.

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Okay. But isn't this just calcing the sum of a basic arthmetic sequence, tho?
I just remembered the basic formula, tho, didn't work it out from first principles.

What was the calculus method?
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