Triangular numbers
Basu, Madhushree and Prasad, Amritanshu and Ravikumar, Vijay (2018) Triangular numbers. At Right Angles, 7 (1). pp. 5-12.
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Abstract
Here mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855). Hoping to get some rest while keeping the students is a popular story about the famous German busy, Gauss’s mathematics teacher asked them to add up the numbers 1 + 2 + · · · + 100. The seven-year-old Gauss instantly found out the answer to be 5050. (Comment. The historical accuracy of this legendary story is questionable. In [1], Brian Hayes tries to find the origins of this story.)
| Item Type: | Articles in APF Magazines | ||
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| Authors: | Basu, Madhushree and Prasad, Amritanshu and Ravikumar, Vijay | ||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gauss, Triangular numbers | ||
| Subjects: | Natural Sciences > Mathematics | ||
| Divisions: | Azim Premji University > University Publications > At Right Angles | ||
| Full Text Status: | Public | ||
| URI: | http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/1308 | ||
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