The summation of alternating and monotonic series (Q1099920)

The author propounds an improved convergence acceleration method for alternating series, and an efficient convergence acceleration technique which is valid for many monotonic series. In essence this technique obtains from the positive terms of the monotonic series an alternating sequence of convergents, which are then handled by the method for alternating series or sequences. The methods are based on properties of the shifted Legendre polynomials.