GEOMETRIC SERIES Definition & Meaning

geometric series

noun

Mathematics.

an infinite series of the form, c + cx + cx 2 + cx 3 + …, where c and x are real numbers.
geometric progression.

geometric series

noun

a geometric progression written as a sum, as in 1 + 2 + 4 + 8

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Origin of geometric series¹

First recorded in 1830–40

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It was an imaginative start to designer Satoshi Kondo’s fall show, which began with a geometric series that riffed on this idea of thick lines cut out on clothes.

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Over the next two hours we submerge ourselves in finding the sums of infinite geometric series, calculating iterate functions, and expanding powers of binomials.

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In the chapter about rhythm, he ventures into infinite geometric series using dotted rhythms for motivation.

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