Find the value of the expression (20191)2+11+(20182)2+11+(20173)2+11+⋯+(22018)2+11+(12019)2+11
Solution
Group the summands into pairs: the first one together with the last one, the second one together with the second last one, etc. Adding the members of each pair gives us (ji)2+11+(ij)2+11=(j2i2+1)(i2j2+1)j2i2+1+i2j2+1=j2i2+i2j2+2j2i2+i2j2+2=1. As there are 2019 pairs in total, the sum of all numbers in the pairs is 2019. Since every summand occurs twice, the desired sum is 22019.
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