SUMMATION OF SERIES OF POSITIVE TERMS BY CONDENSATION TRANSFORMATIONS.

Abstract

The condensation transformation, which maps series of positive terms into more conveniently summed alternating series, each term v sub j of which is itself an infinite series, is discussed with examples. It is shown that for a large class of extremely slowly convergent series (essentially those dominated by the 'logarithmic scale') the series defining the terms v sub j are more easily summed than the original and may in fact be transformed further if desired. Numerical examples reveal the power of the method. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0657567

Entities

People

  • James W. Daniel

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Condensation
  • Infinite Series
  • Isothermal Processes
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Phase Transformations
  • Sequences
  • Sequences (Mathematics)

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Mathematics or Statistics