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|    Johan de Koning to All    |
|    Re: ASCII math    |
|    29 May 09 03:59:35    |
      From: REjmdk1964@MOxs4allVE.nl              On Mon, 18 May 2009 02:41:06 +0000, Johann `Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:              > Hi all,       >       > For the few of you that enjoy something like this.       >       > n       > .----       > \ n(n + 1)       > > i = --------       > / 2       > '----       > i=1              Proof by squarisation:        _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _       |_|_|_|_|_| _|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|       |_|_|_|_| _|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|       |_|_|_| + _|_|_|_| = |_|_|_|_|_|_| = 5 x 6       |_|_| _|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|       |_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|               5+4+3+2+1 + 1+2+3+4+5 = 5+5+5+5+5+5 = 30              Replace 5 by n, for large values of 5. :-)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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