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Sum of series a^n



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$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} a^{n}$$
Sum(a^n, (n, 1, oo))
The radius of convergence of the power series
Given number:
$$a^{n}$$
It is a series of species
$$a_{n} \left(c x - x_{0}\right)^{d n}$$
- power series.
The radius of convergence of a power series can be calculated by the formula:
$$R^{d} = \frac{x_{0} + \lim_{n \to \infty} \left|{\frac{a_{n}}{a_{n + 1}}}\right|}{c}$$
In this case
$$a_{n} = 1$$
and
$$x_{0} = - a$$
,
$$d = 1$$
,
$$c = 0$$
then
$$R = \tilde{\infty} \left(- a + \lim_{n \to \infty} 1\right)$$
Let's take the limit
we find
$$R = \tilde{\infty} \left(1 - a\right)$$
The answer [src]
/   a                 
| -----    for |a| < 1
| 1 - a               
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|  /   a    otherwise 
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\n = 1                
$$\begin{cases} \frac{a}{1 - a} & \text{for}\: \left|{a}\right| < 1 \\\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} a^{n} & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}$$
Piecewise((a/(1 - a), |a| < 1), (Sum(a^n, (n, 1, oo)), True))

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