What are some examples of summation notation?

1 Answer
Sep 2, 2015

sum_(n=1)^ooa_n=a_1+a_2+a_3+...

sum_(n=0)^10n^2

Explanation:

The summation notation is mostly used to represents series or to express a series in a short form.

For example : if I want to write the series : 1+4+9+16+25
in summation notation I would simply write:

sum_(n=1)^5n^2