Sum of Sequence of Squares/Also presented as

Theorem

The Sum of Sequence of Squares can also be presented as:

$\ds \forall n \in \N: \sum_{i \mathop = 0}^n i^2 = \frac {n \paren {n + 1} \paren {2 n + 1} } 6$

This is seen to be equivalent to the given form by the fact that the first term evaluates to $\dfrac {0 \paren {0 + 1} \paren {2 \times 0 + 1} } 6$ which is zero.

Sources

• 1997: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.2.6$: Binomial Coefficients