Sums of Terms
The sum of the first n terms in the Padovan sequence is 2 less than P(n + 5) i.e.
Sums of alternate terms, sums of every third term and sums of every fifth term are also related to other terms in the sequence:
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Sums involving products of terms in the Padovan sequence satisfy the following identities:
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