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Title

Section 8.1

Description

Intro to Sequences and Series

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Subject

Mathematics

Level

11th Grade

Created

01/22/2016

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Term

Finite Sequence

Definition

A function whose domain is the set of the first n positive integers.

Term

Infinite Sequence

Definition

A function whose domain is the set of positive integers.

Term

Finite series, or partial sum

S_n

Definition

the sum of the first n terms of sequence

Term

Infinite series

Definition

the sum of all of the terms in an infinite sequence

Term

Recursive Definition for a Sequence

Definition

a₁ = the value of the first term

a_k = some function of a_k-1

or

a₁=the value of the first term

a_k+1 = some function of a_k