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  2. Series (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In mathematics, a series is, roughly speaking, an addition of infinitely many quantities, one after the other. [1] The study of series is a major part of calculus and its generalization, mathematical analysis. Series are used in most areas of mathematics, even for studying finite structures (such as in combinatorics) through generating ...

  3. List of mathematical series - Wikipedia

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    List of mathematical series. This list of mathematical series contains formulae for finite and infinite sums. It can be used in conjunction with other tools for evaluating sums. is a Bernoulli polynomial. is an Euler number. is the Riemann zeta function. is the gamma function. is a polygamma function. is a polylogarithm.

  4. Shift rule - Wikipedia

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    The shift rule is a mathematical rule for sequences and series . Here and are natural numbers. For sequences, the rule states that if is a sequence, then it converges if and only if also converges, and in this case both sequences always converge to the same number. [ 1] For series, the rule states that the series converges to a number if and ...

  5. Telescoping series - Wikipedia

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    Telescoping series. In mathematics, a telescoping series is a series whose general term is of the form , i.e. the difference of two consecutive terms of a sequence . [1] As a consequence the partial sums only consists of two terms of after cancellation. [2][3] The cancellation technique, with part of each term cancelling with part of the next ...

  6. Geometric progression - Wikipedia

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    The first block is a unit block and the dashed line represents the infinite sum of the sequence, a number that it will forever approach but never touch: 2, 3/2, and 4/3 respectively. A geometric progression, also known as a geometric sequence, is a mathematical sequence of non-zero numbers where each term after the first is found by multiplying ...

  7. Convergent series - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a series is the sum of the terms of an infinite sequence of numbers. More precisely, an infinite sequence defines a series S that is denoted. The n th partial sum Sn is the sum of the first n terms of the sequence; that is, A series is convergent (or converges) if and only if the sequence of its partial sums tends to a limit ...

  8. Convergence tests - Wikipedia

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    Raabe–Duhamel's test. Let { an } be a sequence of positive numbers. Define. If. exists there are three possibilities: if L > 1 the series converges (this includes the case L = ∞) if L < 1 the series diverges. and if L = 1 the test is inconclusive. An alternative formulation of this test is as follows.

  9. Limit of a sequence - Wikipedia

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    We say that "the limit of the sequence equals ." In mathematics, the limit of a sequence is the value that the terms of a sequence "tend to", and is often denoted using the symbol (e.g., ). [1] If such a limit exists and is finite, the sequence is called convergent. [2] A sequence that does not converge is said to be divergent. [3]