Arithmetic progression

In mathematics, an arithmetic progression, or  arithmetic sequence, is a sequence. The difference between each two terms which follow one another is always the same. This is different from a geometric progression, where the ratio of change between two terms is constant. If the initial term of an arithmetic progression is  and the common difference  is , then the -th term of the sequence () is given by:

A finite portion of an arithmetic progression is called a finite arithmetic progression and sometimes just called an arithmetic progression. The sum of a finite arithmetic progression is called an arithmetic series.

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