Talk:Sum of a series: Difference between revisions
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:So the task is actually to "''calculate a series''" as the mathematical definition of series has to include the notion of a sum of terms, whereas a sequence is just the ordered terms. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 22:43, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
::Yeah but don't use that as a title. No article on RC begins with "''Calculate a ...''". For instance, [[factorial]] is just ''factorial'', not ''Calculate the factorial of a number''. So if we really want to change the title of this article, I suggest just ''Series''.--[[User:Grondilu|Grondilu]] 23:22, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
My $0.02 worth. The task is actually to find the 'Partial Sum' of the sequence 1/k**2 between limits, which may be called a Finite Series. The Sum of a sequence (Series) is the sum over all values of an infinite sequence, and obviously can not be calculated just by adding them all up in a loop. --[[User:Nigel Galloway|Nigel Galloway]] 12:40, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
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