Problem 44554. The maximum sum of squares (testing)

Created by ddd ppp

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David Verrelli on 14 Apr 2018

Hi, DP. You have created a nice problem here: well done. Could you please clarify/check/amend one detail though. In the Problem Statement it stipulates the sum must be that "less than" maxval. So if maxval=1, then the series would have no terms (hence sum=0); alternatively, if it had one term, then the sum (1²=1) would be "less than or equal to" maxval, as implied in the Test Suite. Thanks, DIV

David Verrelli on 3 May 2018

Thanks for the clarification!

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David Verrelli on 11 Jul 2018

This submission has evidently been copied from 'somewhere', because it is _identical_ to Solution 1499384 (submitted on 21 Apr 2018 by J. S. Kowontan). It would be good professional practice to _at least_ acknowledge the source. Moreover I don't see the point of submitting a verbatim copy of somebody else's solution; it does not bring any credit. —DIV

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