The sum of the arithmetic progression is calculated from the first term and the common difference and the range.

Enter the first term, the common difference, and the range of the progression you want to calculate and click the button "Calculate sum of arithmetic progression". The sum of the arithmetic progression in the specified range is calculated.

It also shows how to calculate the sum of an arithmetic sequence.

Please enter up to 15 digits for First term and Common difference, and up to 15 digits for nth term.

An arithmetic progression is a sequence in which the difference between adjacent terms is equal.

The first term in a sequence is called the initial term, and the difference between each adjacent term is called the common difference.

For example, the following sequence has a first term of 1 and a common difference of 2.

The common difference is 2, so the difference between all adjacent terms is 2.

Sum of the first to nth terms

Calculates the sum from the first term to the nth term.

If the first term is a₁, the nth term is a_n, and the common difference is d, the sequence is as follows.

a₁, a₁+d, a₁+2d, a₁+3d ... a_n−d, a_n

If the sum of the first through nth terms of this sequence is Sn, then Sn can be expressed as follows:

S_n = a₁ + (a₁+d) + (a₁+2d) + (a₁+3d) + ... + (a_n−d) + a_n

Also, if you consider this sequence with the order reversed, the sum will be the same since only the order has changed.

Therefore, Sn can also be expressed as follows:

S_n = a_n + (a_n−d) + (a_n−2d) + ... + (a₁+2d) + (a₁+d) + a₁

Add the left and right sides of these two equations together.

On the right-hand side, all the numbers added together become (a₁ + a_n), and since the number of items is n and can be expressed as (a₁ + a_n) × n, we get 2S_n = n(a₁ + a_n).

Dividing both sides of this equation by 2 gives us S_n = 12n(a₁ + a_n).

Therefore

Also, the nth term is a₁ +(n − 1)d, so by substituting a_n = a₁ +(n − 1)d, we get
S_n = 12n(2a₁ +(n − 1)d).

Therefore

Sum of nth through mth term

To calculate the sum from the nth term to the mth term, you similarly reverse the sequence and add both sides.

On the right-hand side, all the numbers added are (a_n+a_m), and the number of items is (m−n+1), so it can be expressed as (a_n+a_m) × (m−n+1), and therefore 2S_m−n = (m−n+1) × (a_n+a_m).

Dividing both sides of this equation by 2 gives us S_m−n = 12(m−n+1)(a_n+a_m).

Therefore