Sequences And Series 11.1-11.2 Flashcards
Terms
The numbers in the sequences
Finite
The sequence has a last term
Infinite
The sequences continues w/o stopping (has a … At the end)
The weird E symbol
Summation Notation or Sigma Notation
at the top of the sigma
Upper limit of summation
i or x of the sigma
Index of summation
on the bottom of sigma
Lower limit of summation
D is called
The common difference
Arithmetic sequence
A sequence in which you add the same, constant number to get from one term to the next
Formula for an arithmetic sequence
An= A1 + (n-1)d
What two things do you need to write the “rule” of an arithmetic sequence?
A1, d
Arithmetic series
The expression that results from adding the terms of an arithmetic sequence
The formula for finding the Sum of the first n terms in an arithmetic series is
Sn= n/2(a1+an)
Sequence
A set of #s written in a certain order