Oops, off by a factor of 2.

On Aug 29, 2017 13:34, "Roger Hui" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 2!>:21
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> On Aug 29, 2017 10:17, "Murray Eisenberg" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> The sum in question is twice the sum of the integers from 1 to 21. By the
>> well-known formula (sometimes attributed to Gauss), the latter sum is half
>> the product of 21 and 21 + 1, so the sum in question is
>>
>>     */21+i. 2
>> 462
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>> > On28 Aug 2017 12:02:57 -0500,S kip Cave <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >
>> > A simple problem posted on Quora:
>> >
>> > What is the sum of all the even numbers from 2 to 42?
>> >
>> > My J solution:
>> >   a=:>:i.42
>> >  +/(-.2|a)#a
>> > 462
>> >
>> > I'm sure this can be done in a single line using a hook or fork.
>> > but I'm not clear enough with the train rules to put this all together
>> > on a single line.
>> > Any suggestions?
>>
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