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Call your file "exceed_gauss.py". The Gauss sum involves adding numbers from 1 to N, given some final N. Our goal in this program is to exceed the number that you input by calculating the Gauss Sum until the total value exceeds the inputted number.
For instance, if we put in number = 5, then 1 + 2 + 3 = 6, which is greater than it. So, it took 3 iterations to get bigger than 5.
For another example, if you choose the number to be 214, then as it turns out: 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 = 231, which is greater than 214. The number one less would be 210, which means that 231 is the smallest Gauss sum that will be bigger than the given number. Notice here that we don't know the number of iterations we need. You must use a loop, even if you have another formula for the summation.