Proof Without Words: Sums of Consecutive Powers of k Via a Perfect k-ary Tree

Mingjang Chen

doi:10.1080/0025570X.2019.1637663

Proof Without Words: Sums of Consecutive Powers of k Via a Perfect k-ary Tree

Mingjang Chen^*

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Summary By counting the nodes of a perfect k-ary tree, an identity involving the sums of consecutive powers of k is proved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	286
Number of pages	1
Journal	Mathematics Magazine
Volume	92
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0025570X.2019.1637663
State	Published - 19 Sep 2019

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MSC: Primary 05A19

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