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An illustrative derivation of the sum of fifth powers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2022

Michael Heinrich Baumann
Michael Heinrich Baumann*
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Department of Mathematics, University of Bayreuth, Germany
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In 1631, Johannes Faulhaber published the result that sums of the form

$$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{i^k}}= {1^k} + {2^k} + \,...\, + {n^k}$$

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 106 , Issue 565 , March 2022 , pp. 68 - 77
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Faulhaber, Johannes, Academia algebræ, darinnen die miraculosische Inventiones zu den höchsten Cossen weiters continuirt und profitiert werden, Augspurg (1631).Google Scholar
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