This paper investigates four important methods of solving summation and product problems in mathematics competitions. Chapter 1 presents the basic concepts of sequence and series, including arithmetic sequence (series), geometric sequence (series) and infinite geometric sequence (series). Chapter 2 handles the binomial coefficients and binomial theorem and show they how can be applied
to compute series sum. Chapter 3 deals with power series, including interchanging summation and differentiation; interchanging summation and integration; and generating function which expresses a sequence as coefficients arising from a power series in variables. Chapter 4 provides four methods of telescoping sum, including antidifference, partial fractions, trigonometric functions, and factorial functions. Chapter 5 discusses the telescoping product which the main ideas and techniques are analogous to telescoping sum. Two types of telescoping product including difference of two squares and trigonometric functions are investigated.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0623110-122025 |
| Date | 23 June 2010 |
| Creators | Lin, Yi-Ping |
| Contributors | Mong-Na Lo Huang, May-Ru Chen, Fu-Chuen Chang, Mei-Hui Guo |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0623110-122025 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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