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    Arithmetic Sequence is a sequence of numbers such that the difference between the consecutive terms is constant. Geometric Sequence is where each term after the first is found by multiplying the previous one by a fixed, nonzero number called the common ratio. Sigma notation is a method used to write out a long sum in a concise way.

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    Arithmetic Sequence is a sequence of numbers such that the difference between the consecutive terms is constant. Geometric Sequence is where each term after the first is found by multiplying the previous one by a fixed, nonzero number called the common ratio. Sigma notation is a method used to write out a long sum in a concise way.

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    Chapter8SequencesandSeriesCoreVocabulary

    sequence:isanorderedcollectionofobjectsinwhichrepetitions
    areallowed

    Termsofasequence:Alistofnumbersorobjectsinaspecial
    order.

    Series:anumberofthings,events,orpeopleofasimilarkindorrelatednaturecoming
    oneafteranother.

    Summationnotation:musesasymbolthatcompactlyrepresentssummationofmany
    similarterms:thesummationsymbol,,anenlargedformoftheuprightcapitalGreek
    letterSigma.

    Sigmanotation
    a method used to write out a long sum in a concise
    way. In this unit we look at ways of using sigma notation, and establish
    some useful rules.

    Arithmeticsequenceisasequenceofnumberssuchthatthedifferencebetweenthe
    consecutivetermsisconstant.


    Commondifferenceisthedifferencebetweentwonumbersinan
    arithmeticsequence.

    Arithmeticseriesisthesumofanarithmeticsequence.

    Geometricsequenceisasequenceofnumberswhereeachtermafterthefirstisfound
    bymultiplyingthepreviousonebyafixed,nonzeronumber
    calledthecommonratio.

    Commonratioistheratiobetweentwonumbersina
    geometricsequence.

    Geometricseriesisaseriesforwhichtheratioofeachtwo
    consecutivetermisaconstantfunctionofthesummationindexk.

    SeriesandSummationNotationisdesignatedby
    S

    where
    n
    n
    representsthenumberoftermsofthesequencebeingadded.

    RuleforanArithmeticSequencejustaddthesamevalueeachtimeinfinitely.

    RuleforaGeometricSequenceeachtermisfoundbymultiplyingtheprevioustermby
    aconstant.


    ThesumofaFiniteGeometricSeriesbutonlyinthespecial
    circumstancethatthecommonratio
    r
    isbetween1and1thatis,you
    havetohave|
    r
    |<1.

    th
    PartialSumsofInfiniteGeometricSeriesdenotethen
    partialsumasS
    .
    n

    ThesumofanInfiniteGeometricSeriesfirstterm
    a
    =
    a
    andcommonratio
    r
    ,thesum
    1
    ofthefirst
    n
    termsisgivenby:

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