Pyramid made of Marbles (plots and calculation)

Version 1.0.0.0 (587 KB) by Francesc Melia
It provides the number of needed marbles to build a pyramid and plots it
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This document provides the number of needed marbles to build a pyramid that has an n-number of marbles on one side.
It also plots the result pyramid
Examples that you can type to start:

N_of_Marbles (3);
Calculates how many marbles are needed for a 3-marble side. Result: (3 + 2 + 1) for the first floor + (2 + 1) for the second, plus the last floor (1) = 10
Plot_Marbles(5,300);
Plots the pyramid, with balls of relative size of 300
Plot_Evolution(5);
Plots the evolution of the number of needed marbles from 1 to 5

Written by Francesc Melia Sune

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Francesc Melia (2024). Pyramid made of Marbles (plots and calculation) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/45975-pyramid-made-of-marbles-plots-and-calculation), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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1.0.0.0