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Summations and Products

Definitions

  • Summations: $\sum_{i=a}^{b}c_i=c_a+c_{a+1}+c_{a+2}...+c_{b-1}+c_{b}$
  • Products: $\prod_{i=a}^{b}c_i=c_a\cdot c_{a+1}\cdot c_{a+2}...c\dot c_{b-1}\cdot c_{b}$

Rules of Summation

$\sum_{i=a}^{b}x+y=\sum_{i=a}^{b}x+\sum_{i=a}^{b}y$

$\sum_{i=a}^{b}x\cdot y=x\cdot \sum_{i=a}^{b}y=y\cdot \sum_{i=a}^{b}x$


Rules of Products

$\prod_{i=a}^{b}x+y+....+z=(x+y+....z)^(b-a+1)$

$\prod_{i=a}^{b}x\cdot y=x^(b-a+1)y^(b-a+1)$


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