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Quick terminology question (1 Viewer)

Thread starter leehuan
Start date Nov 10, 2016

leehuan

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What's the difference between calling it a geometric "series" as opposed to a geometric "progression"? Or is there none

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InteGrand

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leehuan said:
What's the difference between calling it a geometric "series" as opposed to a geometric "progression"? Or is there none

The progression is the sequence of terms, series is the sum of them.

• Geometric progression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_progression
• Geometric series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_series

Last edited: Nov 10, 2016

leehuan

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Ahh the progression refers to the sequence itself. Got it

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