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Unit 5: Summation Notation (Sigma Notation)

Sigma =  (Greek letter) used for sum of a sequence

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
_________
_________
Examples:
5 6
 k  1  2  3  4  5  15  3k  3(2)  3(3)  3(4)  3(5)  3(6)  60
k 1 k 2
5 3
 k 2  12  22  32  42  52  55  k 3  03  13  23  33  36
k 1 k 0

Properties of Sigma Notation

n n n
n
1.  cak  c  ak
n
2.  (a
k 1
k  bk )   a k   bk
k 1 k 1
k 1 k 1

3 3 3 3 3
Ex:  4k  4  k (SUM) Ex:  (k  k )   k   k
2 2
k 1 k 1 k 1 k 1 k 1

3 3 3
(DIFFERENCE) Ex:  (k 3  k 2 )   k 3   k 2
k 1 k 1 k 1

Special Summation Formulas

n n n(n  1)
1.  c  nc 2.  k  1  2  3  ...  n 
k 1 k 1 2
n n(n  1)( 2n  1)
3.  k 2  12  22  32  ...  n 2 
k 1 6
2
n  n(n  1) 
4.  k  1  2  3  ...  n  
3 3 3 3 3
k 1  2 

Calculator Shortcut
sum(seq(expression, variable, lower,upper)
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Examples:
Write out the terms of the given expressions and then find each sum.
4
 1 
    k
5
1.  (1) k  3 
k 1
k 2
2.
k 0
2 
 1

Write the following sums using sigma notation.

1 1 1 1 1
3. 2  4  6  8  10  12  ...  44 4.     5. f ( x1 )  f ( x2 )      f ( xn )
3 9 27 81 243

Using your properties and the summation formulas evaluate the following sum.

 2k   k 
50 10

  k 
20

6.
2
 3k  4  7.
3
 k2  8.
2
 5k 
k 1 k 2 k 11

Now, use your calculators to confirm your answer found above.

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Unit 5 Worksheet 5
AP Calculus AB
Write out the terms of the given expressions and then find each sum.
5 5
 3k  1   1 2i1
i
1. 5.
k 1 i 1
6 4  1i
2.  2i 2
6. 
i 1 i  2 i 2i  1
5 2 6
 k 
3.  1 i
7.  sin  
i 3 k 1  2 
6 7

  j  1  cos(k )
2
4. 8.
j 2 k 1

Write the following sums using sigma notation.

9. 1  2  3      98 14. a1  a2  a3      an
10. 2  4  6      100 15. b3  b4  b5      b22
11. 1  4  9  16  25  36 16. f (c1 )  f (c2 )      f (cn )
1 1 1 1
12. 1         17. f (w1 )x  f (w2 )x      f (wn )x
2 3 4 50
3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
13.    18. -1    
5 25 125 625 8 27 64 125

10 10
Calculate each of the following if  ai  40 and  bi  50 .
i 1 i 1

10 10
19.  (2ai  bi ) 21.  4ai  bi  2
i 1 i 1
10 10
20.  3ai  2bi  22.  2bi  4
i 1 i 1

Using your properties and the summation formulas, evaluate the following sum.
Then, verify the accuracy of your answer using your calculator shortcut.

 k 
45

 3k 
8
k2 
10
5k k  4
3
 7k  10  
2 2
23. 24. 25.
k 1 k 1 k 1

 8k  7k     k 
64 40
n
k   2i  3
2 2 2
26. 27. 28.
k 2 k  17 i 1