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“Sum of first n cubes” variant

Here is a variant of this proof:

(… and sorry for the fact that it is jotted on a piece of paper & that the image quality is crap. I am at the nursery this week (trying to get my son compatible with the routines there) and I only have an iPhone at my disposal)

UPDATE: I was a bit sloppy when writing down the proof. Not only is it written in Swedish … it also contains two small typos. The denominators which are written as 2:s should of course have been squared too. They should be 4:s …

UPDATE 2: I was asked for some clarifications. Here we go:

Let Cn be the sum of the cube-series at n.
Let Sn be the sum of the squared series at n.

If Cn and Sn grows with the same delta for each n, then Cn = Sn for all n.

The delta for Cn between n and n-1 is:
Cn – Cn-1 = n3 (trivial).
The delta for Sn between n and n-1 is:
Sn – Sn-1 = … = … = n3 (as shown on the paper on the photo).

Hence Cn = Sn for all n.

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