What is the difference between an infinite sequence and an infinite series?
The difference between an infinite sequence and an infinite series.
Answer to Problem 1RE
The sequence is
Explanation of Solution
An infinite sequence is simply the numbers written in sequence separated by a comma. An infinite sequence is simply the sequence of numbers up to
An infinite series is the sum of numbers upto infinity. Infinite series is a sub-part of an infinite sequence.
Consider the example.
The sequence is
Hence, the sequence is
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