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1/4 + 1/16 + 1/64 + 1/256 + ⋯. Archimedes' figure with a = 3 4 . In mathematics, the infinite series 1 4 + 1 16 + 1 64 + 1 256 + ⋯ is an example of one of the first infinite series to be summed in the history of mathematics; it was used by Archimedes circa 250–200 BC. [1] As it is a geometric series ...
1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯. First six summands drawn as portions of a square. The geometric series on the real line. In mathematics, the infinite series 1 2 + 1 4 + 1 8 + 1 16 + ··· is an elementary example of a geometric series that converges absolutely. The sum of the series is 1. In summation notation ...
In mathematics, the harmonic series is the infinite series formed by summing all positive unit fractions : The first terms of the series sum to approximately , where is the natural logarithm and is the Euler–Mascheroni constant. Because the logarithm has arbitrarily large values, the harmonic series does not have a finite limit: it is a ...
Alcuin's sequence. In mathematics, Alcuin's sequence, named after Alcuin of York, is the sequence of coefficients of the power-series expansion of: [1] The sequence begins with these integers: The n th term is the number of triangles with integer sides and perimeter n. [1] It is also the number of triangles with distinct integer sides and ...
The maximum number of pieces from consecutive cuts are the numbers in the Lazy Caterer's Sequence. When a circle is cut n times to produce the maximum number of pieces, represented as p = f (n), the n th cut must be considered; the number of pieces before the last cut is f (n − 1), while the number of pieces added by the last cut is n.
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1/2 − 1/4 + 1/8 − 1/16 + ⋯. Demonstration that 1 2 − 1 4 + 1 8 − 1 16 + ⋯ = 1 3. In mathematics, the infinite series 1/2 − 1/4 + 1/8 − 1/16 + ⋯ is a simple example of an alternating series that converges absolutely . It is a geometric series whose first term is 1 2 and whose common ratio is − 1 2, so its sum is.
Look-and-say sequence. The lines show the growth of the numbers of digits in the look-and-say sequences with starting points 23 (red), 1 (blue), 13 (violet), 312 (green). These lines (when represented in a logarithmic vertical scale) tend to straight lines whose slopes coincide with Conway's constant. In mathematics, the look-and-say sequence ...