sum of natural numbers from n code example
Example 1: sum of n natural numbers in python
# Sum of natural numbers up to num
num = 16
if num < 0:
print("Enter a positive number")
else:
sum = 0
# use while loop to iterate until zero
while(num > 0):
sum += num
num -= 1
print("The sum is", sum)
Example 2: formula for sum of n numbers
Sum of the First n Natural Numbers. We prove the formula 1+ 2+ ... + n = n(n+1) / 2, for n a natural number