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phrontister

Real Member

From: The Land of Tomorrow

Registered: 2009-07-12

Posts: 4,895

Re: Summation Notation

Maybe it's in junior-beta stage, or pre-junior-beta stage, or still in nappies.

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bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Summation Notation

Looks pretty primitive.

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Lorna

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Registered: 2014-06-01

Posts: 2

Re: Summation Notation

Hi thanks heaps for your help in understanding Summation Notation it is great to learn something new in Math

Agnishom

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From: Riemann Sphere

Registered: 2011-01-29

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Re: Summation Notation

Hi Lorna,

happy to help!

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bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Summation Notation

Hi Lorna;

Do not forget to go here:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/sigma-notation.html

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.