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Summing square roots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

L. W. Gates*
Affiliation:
Gillingham Technical High School, Pump Lane, Gillingham, Kent ME8 7AJ

Extract

Formulae for Σl=1n ik when k is a positive integer are well known, and many methods for finding them have been described. This article gives an account of an approximate, but remarkably accurate, formula which I have found for the case k =1/2.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1980

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