Converging — Con*ver ging, a. Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. Whewell. [1913 Webster] {Converging rays}(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Converging rays — Converging Con*ver ging, a. Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. Whewell. [1913 Webster] {Converging rays}(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Series One, Episode Six (Island at War) — Series One, Episode Six is the sixth and final episode of the first series of the television drama Island at War .Plot summaryJune is singing for a mixed crowd at the 50/50 Club which turns ugly when Captain Muller switches places with her… … Wikipedia
Series acceleration — In mathematics, series acceleration is one of a collection of sequence transformations for improving the rate of convergence of a series. Techniques for series acceleration are often applied in numerical analysis, where they are used to improve… … Wikipedia
Diverging series — Diverging Di*ver ging, a. Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent. [1913 Webster] {Diverging series} (Math.), a series whose terms are larger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms does … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Convergence of Fourier series — In mathematics, the question of whether the Fourier series of a periodic function converges to the given function is researched by a field known as classical harmonic analysis, a branch of pure mathematics. Convergence is not necessarily a given… … Wikipedia
Harmonic series (mathematics) — In mathematics, the harmonic series is the divergent infinite series: Its name derives from the concept of overtones, or harmonics in music: the wavelengths of the overtones of a vibrating string are 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, etc., of the string s… … Wikipedia
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infinite series — Math. a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are added successively in a given pattern; the sequence of partial sums of a given sequence. [1790 1800] * * * In mathematics, the sum of infinitely many numbers, whose relationship … Universalium
Grandi's series in education — TextbookstudiesCognitive impactAround 1987, Anna Sierpińska introduced Grandi s series to a group of 17 year old precalculus students at a Warsaw lyceum. She focused on humanities students with the expectation that their mathematical experience… … Wikipedia
