PRE-CALCULUS November 09, 2023

OPENING ACTIVITY
Give the associated series of the
first ten terms of the sequence
{3+n}
 GUIDE QUESTION
There is a shorthand for writing
sums. What do you think it is?
 SIGMA NOTATION
Mathematics uses the sigma notation to
denote a sum. The uppercase Greek letter ∑
(sigma) is used to indicate a sum. The
notation consists of several components or
parts.
 SIGMA NOTATION
Let f(i) be an expression involving an integer i. The expression
f(m)+f(m+1)+f(m+2)+…+f(n)
Can be compactly written in sigma notation, and we write it as ,
which is read “the summation of f(i) from i=m to n.”
Here, m and n are integers with mn,
f(i) is a term (or summand) of the summation, and the letter i is the index, m the
lower bound, and n the upper bound.
 EXAMPLES
1. Expand the summation and simplify if possible.

2. Write each expression in sigma notation.

(1) 2+4+6+8+10+…+100
(2) 1+1/2+1/3+1/4+…+1/100
(3) -1+2-3+4-5+6-7+8-9+…-25
 PROPERTIES OF SIGMA NOTATION

We start with finding a formula for the sum of

in terms of n. The sum can be evaluated in different ways.

PROPERTIES OF SIGMA NOTATION

(1)PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION
(2)FORMULA FOR ARITHMETIC
SERIES WITH and
 We now derive some useful summation facts

(1) is any real number

(2)
(3) or

Telescoping Sum (Derive the formula, Jovert!)

(4)
 ACTIVITY

(1)
(2)
 HOMEWORK

Search for the formula in

solving