What is an alternating sequence?
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Oct 29, 2015
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Explanation:
Alternating sequence is a sequence, whose term change sign (i.e. if a term
Examples:
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#a_n=(-1/2)^n#
This sequence would have terms:#-1/2;1/4;-1/8;1/16;...# -
#b_n=(-1)^n# .
This sequence would have terms:#-1;1;-1;1;...# -
#c_n=(-1)^n*n#
This sequence would have terms:#-1;2;-3;4;...#
Note that such terms can be either convergent: