Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6782

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              <s xml:space="preserve"> On this folio Harriot appears to be searching a formula for the sequence 1, 7, 27, 77, ... of sums of sums of square-pyramidal numbers (see Add MS 6782
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              ), or rather, for those numbers multiplied by 120, that is, 120, 840, 3240, .... For this he needs polynomials of the fifth degree. </s>
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