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Problem 28: Number spiral diagonals

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--description--

Starting with the number 1 and moving to the right in a clockwise direction a 5 by 5 spiral is formed as follows:

<div style='padding-left: 4em;'> <div style='color: red; display: inline;'>21</div> 22 23 24 <div style='color: red; display: inline;'>25</div>

20  <div style='color: red; display: inline;'>7</div>  8  <div style='color: red; display: inline;'>9</div> 10

19  6  <div style='color: red; display: inline;'>1</div>  2 11

18  <div style='color: red; display: inline;'>5</div>  4  <div style='color: red; display: inline;'>3</div> 12

<div style='color: red; display: inline;'>17</div> 16 15 14 <div style='color: red; display: inline;'>13</div> </div>

It can be verified that the sum of the numbers on the diagonals is 101.

What is the sum of the numbers on the diagonals in an n by n spiral formed in the same way?

--hints--

spiralDiagonals(101) should return a number.

js
assert(typeof spiralDiagonals(101) === 'number');

spiralDiagonals(101) should return 692101.

js
assert(spiralDiagonals(101) == 692101);

spiralDiagonals(303) should return 18591725.

js
assert(spiralDiagonals(303) == 18591725);

spiralDiagonals(505) should return 85986601.

js
assert(spiralDiagonals(505) == 85986601);

spiralDiagonals(1001) should return 669171001.

js
assert(spiralDiagonals(1001) == 669171001);

--seed--

--seed-contents--

js
function spiralDiagonals(n) {

  return n;
}

spiralDiagonals(1001);

--solutions--

js
const spiralDiagonals = (n) => {
  const Sn2 = (n) => {
    return n*(n+1)*(2*n+1)/6;
  };
  const Sn = (n) => {
    return n*(n+1)/2;
  };
  let sum = (Sn2(n-1) + Sn(n-1) + n-1) + (Math.floor(n/2) + Sn2(n));
  return sum;
};