Jonathan Dushoff · @jd_mathbio
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A holiday present for those who like , specifically .

Today on the way to work, I happened to notice that there's a nice, combinatoric-style formula for the first n integers convolved with themselves (e.g., sum((1:4)*(4:1))=20).

Who can find the nicest, combinatoric-style explanation?

#recreationalmath #recreationalcombinatorics

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