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Compute the following sums.

n

@1D H3 k + 2L
k=1

n1

@2D H3 k + 2L
k=1

@3D Hk + 1L2
k=1

@4D Hk + 1L Hk 1L
k=1

@5D

k
k=10

n2

@6D 3
k=1

n1

@7D k2
k=1

[8]

2 12 + 3 22 + 4 32 + 5 42 + . . .

[9]

0 + 3 1 + 4 2 + 5 3 + 6 4 + 7 5 + . . .

[10]

1 2 + 4 4 + 9 6 + 16 8 + 25 10 + 36 12 + 49 14 + . . .

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Answers
Note: These are computed with Mathematica which seems to prefer its polynomials in descending
order; i.e. 3 + x + x2 + x3 .
@1D

@2D

@3D

@4D

@5D

I7 n + 3 n2 M

I4 + n + 3 n2 M

I13 n + 9 n2 + 2 n3 M

I5 n + 3 n2 + 2 n3 M

I90 + n + n2 M

@6D 3 H2 + nL
@7D

1
6

H1 + nL n H1 + 2 nL

[8]

1
12

[9]

1
6

I2 n3 + 3 n2 - 5

[10]

1
2

n2 Hn + 1L2

n Hn + 1L Hn + 2L H3 n + 1L

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