Given a closed form for a series, what can be said about the sum of the squares of its terms?

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Suppose I have an integer sequence $\{a_k\}$, and suppose I know a closed form in terms of $n$ for this sum:

$$\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=1}^{n} a_k$$

Given this, is it always (or ever) possible to find a closed form in terms of $n$ for

$$\displaystyle\sum\limits_{k=1}^{n} a_k^2$$

or to say anything about this sum?


If not, what special cases allow us to extend the closed form to the sum of squares in some way?