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Summation Problem

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Hey I'm having trouble doing this problem for my Computer Algorithms class. We're using Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H Cormen et al. (http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-Thomas-H-Cormen/dp/0262033844)- if that helps.

In any case my issue is this:

From the following program fragment given below:

sum <- 0
for i <- 0 to n-1 do
for j <- 0 to (i^2)-1 do
for k <- 0 to j-1 do
sum <- sum + 1
end-for
end-for
write sum


derive function sum(n) in a closed form such that:

1. Values of sum(n) for any given n are exactly the same as the values of variable sum in the program above
2. the result obtained for functiion sum(n) must be factored in terms of factors each in the form of (n-a), where a is a real constant

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So yeah, any help with this would be very appreciated.

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