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I remember learning this out of curiosity in the past, but math doesnt stick in my brain unless chemistry is used as a disguise. Where can I read about this method again? Will the wiki page on Gauss get me there efficiently enough?
Add the Numbers from 1 to 100 like a 5-Year-Old! The Story of Gauss | Minute Math
I found that pretty handy. Came across it looking for a Numberphile video on the subject. I was pretty sure I’d seen one before but didn’t have a lot of luck finding it.
Just wanted to say thanks! Clicking your link made me realize I should try to figure out how to open up YT on PipePipe automatically, so now my phone works better :)
No problem. I have a script that automates generating the title and link to a video when sharing automatically.
I should look into having it do the same for pipe
So was he writing backwards, or did they print a custom flipped t-shirt?
I’ve always wondered how they do that. Because writing backwards would feel so weird to me
This appears to do a nice job with pictures. Although I did not read it all the way through. https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/backgrounders/gauss-summation
Alright smartgauss let’s see you do the same for all real numbers
There is a bit of a typo in it. Since the list of 100 numbers was split in half, it should be x50 not x100. 50 sets of 101 from each pair.
2S = 100 sets of 101
hence
S = 100/2 sets of 101 = 50 sets of 101 = 5050
I wondered about the same thing so did the Maths (which is kinda the point of the meme) back from 5050 and it all checks out.
Oh ok. Yeah fair. I guess I’m used to the simplified version. Where it doesn’t use the full list, just splits it in half. This method would also work for odd lists of numbers rather than only even. Makes sense.
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