2014 UNM-PNM Statewide High School Mathematics Contest II Problems/Problem 7
Problem
Let be a natural number. Show that the sum of the powers of the first positive integers is a polynomial of degree , i.e., , where is a polynomial of degree . For example, for we have
hence
Solution
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See also
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