The Geometric Series in Calculus

DOI10.2307/2589524MaRDI QIDQ4222432zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors George E. Andrews

Publication date 15 August 1999

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/2589524

zbMATH Keywords

derivativegeometric series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

One-variable calculus (26A06)

Review text

The author rues the neglect of the finite geometric series in high school algebra, and argues for its early introduction in calculus by using it to derive the formula for the derivative of \(x^n\) and \(x^{n/m}\) as well as the definite integral of \(x^n\) over \([0,X]\). The article concludes with three ``modern exercises on the geometric series.

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