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#1201 2021-03-11 11:30:55

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Re: Series and Progressions


I am at an age where I have forgotten more than I remember, but I still pretend to know it all.

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#1202 2021-03-11 15:03:34

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Neat work!

SP#672.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1203 2021-03-12 07:02:16

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Re: Series and Progressions


I am at an age where I have forgotten more than I remember, but I still pretend to know it all.

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#1204 2021-03-12 15:12:07

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Brilliant!

SP#673.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1205 2021-03-13 05:11:39

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Re: Series and Progressions


I am at an age where I have forgotten more than I remember, but I still pretend to know it all.

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#1206 2021-03-13 14:49:38

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Excellent!

SP#674.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1207 2021-03-14 05:41:10

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Re: Series and Progressions


I am at an age where I have forgotten more than I remember, but I still pretend to know it all.

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#1208 2021-03-14 14:25:28

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Excellent!

SP#675.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1209 2021-03-15 05:26:49

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Re: Series and Progressions


I am at an age where I have forgotten more than I remember, but I still pretend to know it all.

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#1210 2021-03-15 14:38:16

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Neat work!

SP#676.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1211 2021-03-16 05:57:33

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Re: Series and Progressions


I am at an age where I have forgotten more than I remember, but I still pretend to know it all.

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#1212 2021-03-16 14:26:05

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Excellent!

SP#677.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1213 2021-03-18 09:26:41

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Re: Series and Progressions

:waving white flag:
I spent hours scribbling with no luck finding proper solution, though it is clear that the sum converges to 2.25.


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#1214 2021-03-18 14:18:37

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Hi irspow,

Excellent approximation!

SP#678.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1215 2021-03-19 05:15:20

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Re: Series and Progressions

Awesome, I had never even heard of an arithmetico-geometric sequence before. big_smile

Last edited by irspow (2021-03-19 07:53:07)


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#1216 2021-03-19 14:22:53

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Excellent!

SP#679.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1217 2021-03-20 06:21:51

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Re: Series and Progressions


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#1218 2021-03-20 15:21:32

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Excellent!

SP#680.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1219 2021-03-21 04:28:40

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Re: Series and Progressions


I am at an age where I have forgotten more than I remember, but I still pretend to know it all.

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#1220 2021-03-21 15:04:08

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Neat work!

SP#681.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1221 2021-03-22 04:18:23

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Re: Series and Progressions


I am at an age where I have forgotten more than I remember, but I still pretend to know it all.

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#1222 2021-03-22 14:39:42

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Excellent!

SP#682.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1223 2021-03-23 04:46:51

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Re: Series and Progressions


I am at an age where I have forgotten more than I remember, but I still pretend to know it all.

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#1224 2021-03-23 14:16:03

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Re: Series and Progressions

Hi,

Excellent!

SP#683.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#1225 2021-03-24 03:38:33

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Re: Series and Progressions


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