Arithmetic progression
a sequence in which each term is obtained by the addition of a constant number to the preceding term, as 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, and 6, 1, −4, −9, −14.
historical examples
(b) derive the formula for the sum of n terms of an arithmetic progression.
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noun
a sequence of numbers or quant-ties, each term of which differs from the succeeding term by a constant amount, such as 3,6,9,12 compare geometric progression
arithmetic progression
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a sequence of numbers such as 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 …, in which each term after the first is formed by adding a constant (in this case, 2) to the preceding number. compare geometric progression.
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