For any new level added we need to calculate the # of new upright triangles and new inverted triangles.

Upright Triangles

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For any level  , The # of new upright triangles is

 

So the cumulative upright triangles are

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inverted Triangles

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For any level  , the biggest inverted triangle will have sides  

For both   ... and so on.

The # of inverted triangles over the level   of side   will be

So the total # of inverted triangles introduced by a level   will be  

 

 

 

  is a function of   so we can write it as  

So total accumulated inverted triangles over all the levels is

 

Expressing   in terms of  

  if   is even

  if   is odd

an even and odd pair would have the same  

So the summation can be written as

  plus (if   is even)  

  plus (if   is even)  

  plus (if   is even)  

  plus (if   is even)  

  plus (if   is even)  

  plus (if   is even)  

  plus (if   is even)  

  plus (if   is even)