2025  is a very special year
because
2025 = (1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 9)2
 
and also because
 
2025 = (13 + 23 + 33 + ... + 93)
0
+1



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If each slice of the tower (consisting of cubes of diminishing size) is laid on a flat surface (sometimes after cutting slice in half) and nicely rearranged - as is done in above animation - then it visually proofs that
(13 + 23 + 33 + ... + n3) =
(1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n)2






HAPPY 2025 postcard original


HAPPY 2025 postcard





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