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    Pythagoras believed that everything could be represented by numbers, including geometric patterns known as figurative numbers which arrange dots in regular shapes. Sequences are lists of numbers that follow a particular pattern, and can be finite with a limited number of terms or infinite without a last term. An arithmetic sequence is one where each subsequent term is calculated by adding a constant difference to the previous term, following the formula an = a1 + (n-1)d, where a1 is the first term, d is the common difference, n is the term number, and an is the nth term.

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    Pythagoras believed that everything could be represented by numbers, including geometric patterns known as figurative numbers which arrange dots in regular shapes. Sequences are lists of numbers that follow a particular pattern, and can be finite with a limited number of terms or infinite without a last term. An arithmetic sequence is one where each subsequent term is calculated by adding a constant difference to the previous term, following the formula an = a1 + (n-1)d, where a1 is the first term, d is the common difference, n is the term number, and an is the nth term.

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    Mathematics

    Pythagoras – Greek Philosopher and Mathematician; “everything is a number”

    Figurative Numbers – numbers that can be represented in a geometric pattern,


    usually by dots arranged in various regular and discrete geometric pattern.

    Example of Figurative Numbers:

    Sequence – a list of numbers that exhibits a particular pattern. The numbers in the
    sequence are called terms of a sequence.

    Finite and Infinite Sequence


    - A sequence is finite if it has a limited number of terms and infinite if it does not.

    Finite – a sequence that has a first term and last term.

    Infinite – a sequence that has a first term but no last term.

    Arithmetic Sequence – a sequence where every term after the first is obtained by
    adding a constant called the common difference.

    Formula for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence:

    an = a1 + (n-1)d

    a1 = first term d = common difference


    n = number of terms an = nth term

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