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Lately, I was wondering if there exists a closed expression for $2^0+2^1+\cdots+2^n$ for any $n$?

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_series2011-11-29
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    Did you try a few values of $n$?2011-11-29

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