Sum of Arithmetic Sequence/Historical Note

Historical Note on Sum of Arithmetic Sequence

Doubt has recently been cast on the accuracy of the tale about how Carl Friedrich Gauss supposedly discovered this technique at the age of $8$.

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Sources

• Brian Hayes: Gauss's Day of Reckoning, American Scientist.[1]