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Ceiling and Floor Formulation (Posted on 2013-03-04) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Formulate an algorithm for fast evaluation of:
Σj=1,...,n2 (floor (√j) + ceil (√j)), where n is a positive integer.

** ceil(x) is the least integer ≥ x and, floor(x) is the greatest integer ≤ x

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Solution re: Solution Comment 6 of 6 |
(In reply to Solution by snark)

> This suggests the answer can be obtained by the sum of squares

> of the first n odd numbers plus one plus n.

Sorry, mis-counted. The sum of squares of the first n odd numbers, plus n.


  Posted by snark on 2013-03-05 20:33:03
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