Use ibn al-Haytham's procedure to derive the formula for the sum of the fifth powers of the integers:    1^5+2^5+...n^5=1/6 n^6+1/2 n^5 +5/12 n^4 - 1/12 n^2

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Use ibn al-Haytham's procedure to derive the formula for the sum of the fifth powers of the integers: 

 

1^5+2^5+...n^5=1/6 n^6+1/2 n^5 +5/12 n^4 - 1/12 n^2

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