6. Series: The sum of numbers in a sequence to a particular term in a
sequence.
Example: denotes the sum of the first 5 terms.
denotes the sum of the first n terms.
Artithmetic Series: The sum of numbers in an arithmetic sequence given by
is the sum to the nth term
n is the quot;rankquot; of the nth term
a is the first term in the sequence
d is the common difference
7. (a) What is the sum of the integers from 1 to 5000?
8. (b) What is the sum of all multiples of 7 between 1 & 5000?
(c) What is the sum of all integers from 1 to 5000 inclusive that are not
multiples of 7?
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13. Sigma Notation: A shorthand way to write a series.
Example: means (2(1) -3) + (2(2) -3) + (2(3) -3) + (2(4) -3)
= -1 + 1 + 3 + 5
=8
Σ is capital sigma (from the greek alphabet); means sum
subscript n = 1 means quot;start with n = 1 and evaluate (2n - 3)quot;
superscript 4 means keep evaluating (2n - 3) for successive integral
values of n; stop when n = 4; then add all the terms
(2n - 3) is the implicit definition of the sequence
