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  2. Geometric progression - Wikipedia

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    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 the previous one by a fixed number called the common ratio. For example, the sequence 2, 6, 18, 54, ... is a geometric progression with a common ratio of 3.

  3. Geometric series - Wikipedia

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    The geometric series is an infinite series derived from a special type of sequence called a geometric progression.This means that it is the sum of infinitely many terms of geometric progression: starting from the initial term , and the next one being the initial term multiplied by a constant number known as the common ratio .

  4. Convergence tests - Wikipedia

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    This is also known as the nth-term test, ... each element of the two sequences is positive) ... is a geometric series with ratio ...

  5. Arithmetico-geometric sequence - Wikipedia

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    The nth element of an arithmetico-geometric sequence is the product of the nth element of an arithmetic sequence and the nth element of a geometric sequence. [1] An arithmetico-geometric series is a sum of terms that are the elements of an arithmetico-geometric sequence. Arithmetico-geometric sequences and series arise in various applications ...

  6. Sequence - Wikipedia

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    One such notation is to write down a general formula for computing the nth term as a function of n, enclose it in parentheses, and include a subscript indicating the set of values that n can take. For example, in this notation the sequence of even numbers could be written as ( 2 n ) n ∈ N {\textstyle (2n)_{n\in \mathbb {N} }} .

  7. Fibonacci sequence - Wikipedia

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    Fibonacci numbers are also strongly related to the golden ratio: Binet's formula expresses the n-th Fibonacci number in terms of n and the golden ratio, and implies that the ratio of two consecutive Fibonacci numbers tends to the golden ratio as n increases.

  8. nth-term test - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the nth-term test for divergence [1] is a simple test for the divergence of an infinite series: If lim n → ∞ a n ≠ 0 {\displaystyle \lim _{n\to \infty }a_{n}\neq 0} or if the limit does not exist, then ∑ n = 1 ∞ a n {\displaystyle \sum _{n=1}^{\infty }a_{n}} diverges.

  9. Pentagonal number - Wikipedia

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    The nth pentagonal number p n is the number of distinct dots in a pattern of dots consisting of the outlines of regular pentagons with sides up to n dots, when the pentagons are overlaid so that they share one vertex. For instance, the third one is formed from outlines comprising 1, 5 and 10 dots, but the 1, and 3 of the 5, coincide with 3 of ...