Number of GPS Vectors in a Complete Network.
Let us assume we have a GPS network of 36 points, how many GPS vectors could we have. Let us start from point 1 where we would have 35 vectors to other points. From point 2 we already have a vector to point 1 so we could have 34 vectors to the remaining points, and so on down to 1 vector from point 35 to 36. What we need to know is the sum of the series from 35 down to 1.
S = n ( averaged value from 1 to n ) = n (1 + n )/2 = 35(1 + 35)/2 = 35(36)/2 = 35(18) 630.
I thought the sum of a series was programmed into the HP calculators but I am at a loss for the symbol for that calculation, or is it so simple they thought I should remember it?
Paul in PA
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