The sum of square-sums of the first n natural numbers is finding the sum of sum of squares upto n terms. This series finds the sum of each number upto n, and adds this sums to a sum variable.
The sum of square-sum of first 4 natural numbers is −
sum = (12) + (12 + 22 ) + (12 + 22 + 32) + (12 + 22 + 32 + 42 ) = 1 + 5 + 14 + 30 = 50
There are two methods to find the sum of square-sum of first n natural numbers.
1) Using the for loop.
In this method, we will Loop through to every number from 1 to N and find the square sum and then add this square sum to a sum variable. this method requires an iterations for n numbers, so it would be e time consuming for greater numbers.
Example
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int n = 6;
int sum = 0;
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
sum += ((i * (i + 1) * (2 * i + 1)) / 6);
printf("The square-sum of first %d natural number is %d",n,sum);
return 0;
}Output
The square-sum of first 6 natural number is 196
2) Using Mathematical formula−
Based on finding the nth term and and general formula for the sequence a mathematical formula is derived to find the sum. the formula to find some of square sums of first n natural number is sum = n*(n+1)*(n+1)*(n+2)/12
Based on this formula we can make a program to find the sum,
Example
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
int n = 6;
int sum = (n*(n+1)*(n+1)*(n+2))/12;
printf("The square-sum of first %d natural number is %d",n,sum);
return 0;
}Output
The square-sum of first 6 natural number is 196