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Proofs without words: Sum of odd numbers

Sum of odd numbers

A "proof without words" convincingly justifies a mathematical claim just by picture.

Here it is shown that \(1 + 3+ 5 + \ldots + 2 n-1\) is equal to \(n^2\).