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What is the sum of the following sequence: Σ(-1)^(k+1) (2k-1)^2 for k=1...n for different n?

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Sum of series I
What is the sum of the following sequence: Σ(2k-1) for k=1...n for different n?

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Fix the last element of a cell array
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Remove all the words that end with "ain"
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Remove all the redundant elements in a vector, but keep the first occurrence of each value in its original location. So if a =...

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