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Exercise 12

Avg difficulty 2.5

Use summation (∑\sum) or product (∏\prod) notation to rewrite the following.

  1. 2+4+6+8+⋯+2n2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + \cdots + 2n.
  2. 1+5+9+13+⋯+4251 + 5 + 9 + 13 + \cdots + 425.
  3. 1+12+13+14+⋯+1501 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{4} + \cdots + \frac{1}{50}.
  4. 2⋅4⋅6⋅⋯⋅2n2 \cdot 4 \cdot 6 \cdot \cdots \cdot 2n.
  5. (12)(23)(34)⋯(100101)(\frac{1}{2})(\frac{2}{3})(\frac{3}{4})\cdots(\frac{100}{101}).

Levin, Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction (3rd ed.), §3.1 Describing Sequences, Exercise 12

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