geometric series is a series in which the ratio of successive adjacent terms is constant. In other words, the sum of consecutive terms of a geometric...
66 KB (9,944 words) - 15:12, 27 September 2024
the initial value. The sum of a geometric progression's terms is called a geometric series. The nth term of a geometric sequence with initial value a =...
9 KB (1,934 words) - 21:06, 20 September 2024
arithmetico-geometric sequence. The arithmetic component appears in the numerator (in blue), and the geometric one in the denominator (in green). The series summation...
10 KB (1,999 words) - 12:45, 27 September 2024
}}x^{n}.} The Taylor series of any polynomial is the polynomial itself. The Maclaurin series of 1/1 − x is the geometric series 1 + x + x 2 + x 3 + ⋯...
48 KB (8,253 words) - 06:29, 22 September 2024
In mathematics, an infinite geometric series of the form ∑ n = 1 ∞ a r n − 1 = a + a r + a r 2 + a r 3 + ⋯ {\displaystyle \sum _{n=1}^{\infty...
3 KB (383 words) - 04:25, 8 September 2024
In mathematics, the geometric mean is a mean or average which indicates a central tendency of a finite set of positive real numbers by using the product...
31 KB (4,686 words) - 14:13, 20 September 2024
can view power series as being like "polynomials of infinite degree", although power series are not polynomials. The geometric series formula 1 1 − x...
19 KB (3,359 words) - 00:21, 24 September 2024
"values", one can justify that the series converges to 1/2. Treating Grandi's series as a divergent geometric series and using the same algebraic methods...
15 KB (2,254 words) - 04:01, 19 September 2024
infinity. The value of the series is then b1 − L. An arithmetico-geometric series is a generalization of the geometric series, which has coefficients of...
58 KB (9,694 words) - 15:11, 3 September 2024
Quadrature of the Parabola (section Geometric proof)
the second part of a geometric series. Archimedes dissects the area into infinitely many triangles whose areas form a geometric progression. He then computes...
12 KB (1,540 words) - 09:10, 9 July 2024
generalization of a geometric series of real or complex numbers to a geometric series of operators. The generalized initial term of the series is the identity...
6 KB (1,128 words) - 03:01, 24 September 2024
_{n=1}^{\infty }\left(1-(2i)^{n-1}\right)z^{-n}.} This series can be derived using geometric series as before, or by performing polynomial long division...
17 KB (2,776 words) - 22:16, 1 September 2024
exponential and geometric sequences. It can also be used to illustrate sigma notation. When expressed as exponents, the geometric series is: 20 + 21 + 22...
12 KB (1,602 words) - 00:28, 6 August 2024
Bernoulli's inequality (section Geometric series)
proved (for any integer t {\displaystyle t} ) by using the formula for geometric series: (using y = 1 − x {\displaystyle y=1-x} ) t = 1 + 1 + ⋯ + 1 ≥ 1 + y...
12 KB (2,066 words) - 02:48, 17 September 2024
Matrix polynomial (redirect from Matrix geometrical series)
Matrix polynomials can be used to sum a matrix geometrical series as one would an ordinary geometric series, S = I + A + A 2 + ⋯ + A n {\displaystyle S=I+A+A^{2}+\cdots...
4 KB (695 words) - 16:55, 27 May 2024
In geometry, the geometric median of a discrete set of sample points in a Euclidean space is the point minimizing the sum of distances to the sample points...
23 KB (2,830 words) - 16:28, 26 May 2024
In probability theory and statistics, the geometric distribution is either one of two discrete probability distributions: The probability distribution...
35 KB (5,151 words) - 15:34, 20 September 2024
integer values of α. The negative binomial series includes the case of the geometric series, the power series 1 1 − x = ∑ n = 0 ∞ x n {\displaystyle {\frac...
14 KB (1,904 words) - 21:52, 11 July 2024
AM–GM inequality (redirect from Inequality of geometric and arithmetic means)
In mathematics, the inequality of arithmetic and geometric means, or more briefly the AM–GM inequality, states that the arithmetic mean of a list of non-negative...
39 KB (7,830 words) - 16:18, 17 September 2024
I. Motomura developed the geometric series model based on benthic community data in a lake. Within the geometric series each species' level of abundance...
20 KB (2,589 words) - 15:29, 17 February 2024
geometric may also refer to: Geometric distribution of probability theory and statistics Geometric series, a mathematical series with a constant ratio between...
1 KB (160 words) - 07:51, 24 April 2024
1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯ (category Geometric series)
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...
6 KB (856 words) - 15:19, 10 September 2024
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + ⋯ (category Geometric series)
as a geometric series with the common ratio 1. For some other divergent geometric series, including Grandi's series with ratio −1, and the series 1 + 2...
5 KB (679 words) - 01:05, 6 July 2024
sum of the arithmetic and geometric series as early as the 4th century BCE. Ācārya Bhadrabāhu uses the sum of a geometric series in his Kalpasūtra in 433 BCE...
45 KB (4,365 words) - 02:39, 2 October 2024
geometric algebra (also known as a Clifford algebra) is an algebra that can represent and manipulate geometrical objects such as vectors. Geometric algebra...
93 KB (13,917 words) - 14:33, 2 October 2024
geometric series, with the initial value being a = C, the multiplicative factor being 1 + i, with n terms. Applying the formula for geometric series,...
26 KB (4,043 words) - 23:45, 28 September 2024
1/4 + 1/16 + 1/64 + 1/256 + ⋯ (redirect from 1/4th geometric infinite series)
mathematics; it was used by Archimedes circa 250–200 BC. As it is a geometric series with first term 1/4 and common ratio 1/4, its sum is ∑ n = 1 ∞...
9 KB (1,246 words) - 01:46, 29 August 2024
A Gabriel's horn (also called Torricelli's trumpet) is a type of geometric figure that has infinite surface area but finite volume. The name refers to...
29 KB (4,027 words) - 06:35, 15 August 2024
The ratio test and the root test are both based on comparison with a geometric series, and as such they work in similar situations. In fact, if the ratio...
11 KB (2,028 words) - 16:55, 26 August 2024