Sum of Sequence of Cubes/Visual Demonstration/Historical Note

Historical Note on Sum of Sequence of Cubes: Visual Demonstration

 

This visual demonstration of the Sum of Sequence of Cubes was reported by Solomon W. Golomb as having been devised by Warren Lushbaugh.

Sources

• May 1965: Solomon W. Golomb: 3121. A Geometric Proof of a Famous Identity (Math. Gazette Vol. 49, no. 368: pp. 198 – 200)  www.jstor.org/stable/3612319

• 1997: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.2.1$: Mathematical Induction: Exercise $8 \ \text{(b)}$: Note