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Inequality(x\geq QM \geq AM \geq GM \geq HM \geq y)

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Pythagorean Theorem

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I guess there's nothing much to explain on this one.

Fibonacci Sum of Squares

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One can easily see that the length and breadth of the above rectangle are \mathcal{F_{n+1}}and \mathcal{F_{n}}. Area of the rectangle = \sum Area of the squares or,\mathcal{F_{n}F_{n+1}=F_{0}^{2}+F_{1}^{2}+\cdots+F_{n}^{2}}

Sum of Natural number

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Take any 2 circles among the given blue circles. Draw 2 lines inclined at 60 ^{\circ} to each other . For every such pair of points we get a corresponding yellow point. If the total number of blue circles is n,the number of ways to select 2 circles = \binom{n}{2}. Count the total number of yellow circles. Now I guess it is easy to see that: 1+2+\cdots + (n-1) = \binom{n}{2}

The Triangle Inequality

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Without loss of generality we may assume a\leq b\leq c. It is quite obvious that a+c\geq b\qquad a+b>c Rotate \mathcal{BC} about \mathcal{B} and \mathcal{AC} about \mathcal{A}. Now as we can see in the above diagram a+b>c NOTE: a+b=c would imply that the triangle is degenerate.

Sum of cubes

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        Let the side of each of the 4 innermost squares be 1. Total area of these squares=4\times 1\times 1=4\cdot (1)^{3} Total area of the squares coloured purple = 8\times 2\times 2= 4\cdot (2)^{3} Total area of the squares coloured pink = 12\times 3\times 3= 4\cdot (3)^{3} Total area of the outermost squares = 16\times 4\times 4= 4\cdot (4)^{3}   Total area of all the squares = 4(1^{3}+2^{3}+3^{3}+4^{3})=4\sum n^{3}   The total area is also = {(Side of the outermost square)\times(Number of outermost squares accross the length)}^{2}   = (5\times 4)^{2} = {n(n+1)}^{2} Therefore, \sum n^{3}=\left[\frac{n(n+1)}{2}\right]^{2}=(\sum n)^{2}

Sum of odd numbers

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Proof of 1+3+5+\cdots = n^{2} Count the number of balls in the L shaped regions.Notice that they are odd numbers. Furthermore,count the number of balls considering the length or the breadth(they will turn out to be the same). Sum of all balls = (number of balls on the length)^{2}.