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Start with a list of ones: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, … Taking the partial sums of this sequence gives consecutive numbers. That is, the nth number of the new series is the sum of the first n terms of the previous series. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … If we take partial sums again, […]The post General tetrahedral numbers first appeared on John D. Cook.