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The pyramidal numbers 1, 5, 14, 30, … are the sums of the square numbers,

. This Demonstration shows a geometric proof of the square pyramidal number formula,

. In the figure the six pyramids of side length

form an

cuboid.

Contributed by: Okay Arik

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A Geometric Proof of the Square Pyramidal Number Formula