Odd Number Conjecture

The odd number conjecture states, "the sum of the first n odd numbers is a perfect square number."

First, what is a perfect square number?

Now, consider a test case, let n = 20. What is the sum of the first twenty odd numbers? One way to represent this is the following graphic --

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Another representation