MATHEMATICS

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SEQUENCE AND SERIES

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SEQUENCE

mathematically, a sequence is just a succession of numbers in a specific order.

» each number in a sequence is called a term.

ex. 25, 17, 9, 1, -7...

» the first term, denoted by a1 is 25

» the second term, denoted by a2 is 17.....

FINITE SEQUENCE

a sequence w/ a definite number of terms.

extremes - the first and last term of the sequence.

means - the terms between the first and the last.

INFINITE SEQUENCE

a sequence w/o definite number of terms

*uses ellipses (...)*

ASSIGNMENT

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ASSIGNMENT : IN THE LMS

GENERAL TERM OF A SEQUENCE

algebraic expression that represents a given sequence

EXPLICIT FORMULA OF A SEQUENCE

it defines a sequence as a formula in terms of n

RECURSIVE FORMULA OF A SEQUENCE

each term of the sequence is defined y an expression involving the previous term

should indicate first term

is incomplete without the first term

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