Chapter 5

Sequence and Series

A Number Sequences
Number sequence: ordered list of numbers defined by rule
How to describe them
-listing
-words
-formulas
-graphs
nth term (un , t n )

B Arithmetic Sequences
Arithmetic sequence (sequence with constant difference)

Approximations using arithmetic sequence

C Geometric Sequences
Geometric sequence (sequence with common ratio r)

3 terms as geometric mean

D Growth and Decay

growth/decay

r (multiplier of each period)

n (time period)

E Financial Mathematics
Compound interest

Syllabus ver:

-Inflation (increase in purchase)

-Depreciation (decrease in purchase)
GDC (inserting compound interest formula)

question:
F Series
Series (Sum of sequences)
-finite (sum to a certain point)
-infinite (sum of all sequence)

Sigma notation

(sum of all numbers of the form u_k where k=1,2,..n)

properties:

G Arithmetic Series

H Finite Geometric Series

I Infinite Geometric Series

Correction: inf