Let T 1 , T 2 , . . . , T i be the first i triangular numbers. Evaluate the last five digits of:
i = 1 ∑ 1 0 1 T i T 1 0 2 − i = T 1 T 1 0 1 + T 2 T 1 0 0 + . . . + T 1 0 1 T 1
Note: The n th triangular number is the sum of the first n natural numbers T n = 2 n ( n + 1 ) . For instance T 5 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 2 5 ⋅ 6 = 1 5 .
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@Mark Hennings Can you explain how you've got the relation between the second line and the third line of your equation?
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I am using a standard identity (easily proven by induction) that j = 1 ∑ n j ( j + 1 ) ( j + 2 ) ⋯ ( j + k ) = k + 2 1 n ( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) ⋯ ( n + k ) ( n + k + 1 ) for any positive integer k .
I'll use a double counting technique in order to get the number of ways to go from B to C using ↑ and → movements.
Clearly the total number of ways to go from B to C in a rectangle of 5x100 is ( 5 1 0 0 + 5 ) = ( 5 1 0 5 )
On the other hand, we are able to "manipulate" the pathway counting separately the ones which pass through T 1 and immediately after make a ↑ movement, the ones which pass through T 2 and immediately after make a ↑ movement and so on until T 1 0 0 : then, it suffices to sum up all the different paths.
and so on. So, i = 1 ∑ 1 0 1 T i T 1 0 2 − i = T 1 T 1 0 1 + T 2 T 1 0 0 + . . . + T 1 0 1 T 1 = ( 5 1 0 5 ) = 9 6 , 5 6 0 , 6 4 6 The answer is 6 0 6 4 6
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With T n = 2 1 n ( n + 1 ) we obtain S N = j = 1 ∑ N T j T N + 1 − j = 4 1 j = 1 ∑ N j ( j + 1 ) ( N + 1 − j ) ( N + 2 − j ) = 4 1 j = 1 ∑ N j ( j + 1 ) [ ( j + 2 ) ( j + 3 ) − 2 ( N + 4 ) ( j + 2 ) + ( N + 3 ) ( N + 4 ) ] = 4 1 ( 5 1 N ( N + 1 ) ( N + 2 ) ( N + 3 ) ( N + 4 ) − 2 ( N + 4 ) × 4 1 N ( N + 1 ) ( N + 2 ) ( N + 3 ) + ( N + 3 ) ( N + 4 ) × 3 1 N ( N + 1 ) ( N + 2 ) ) = 4 1 ( 5 1 − 2 1 + 3 1 ) N ( N + 1 ) ( N + 2 ) ( N + 3 ) ( N + 4 ) = 1 2 0 1 N ( N + 1 ) ( N + 2 ) ( N + 3 ) ( N + 4 ) = ( 5 N + 4 ) The question asks about S 1 0 1 = ( 5 1 0 5 ) = 9 6 5 6 0 6 4 6 making the last five digits 6 0 6 4 6 .