Sum
This section is about Finite arithmetic series. For Infinite arithmetic series, see Infinite arithmetic series.The sum of the members of a finite arithmetic progression is called an arithmetic series.
Expressing the arithmetic series in two different ways:
Adding both sides of the two equations, all terms involving d cancel:
Dividing both sides by 2 produces a common form of the equation:
An alternate form results from re-inserting the substitution: :
In 499 AD Aryabhata, a prominent mathematician-astronomer from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy, gave this method in the Aryabhatiya (section 2.18).
So, for example, the sum of the terms of the arithmetic progression given by an = 3 + (n-1)(5) up to the 50th term is
Read more about this topic: Arithmetic Progression
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