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Sum of series x^(n-1)



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  \    n - 1
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n = 1       
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} x^{n - 1}$$
Sum(x^(n - 1), (n, 1, oo))
The answer [src]
/   x                 
| -----    for |x| < 1
| 1 - x               
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|  oo                 
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|  \    n             
|  /   x    otherwise 
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\n = 1                
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$$\frac{\begin{cases} \frac{x}{1 - x} & \text{for}\: \left|{x}\right| < 1 \\\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} x^{n} & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}}{x}$$
Piecewise((x/(1 - x), |x| < 1), (Sum(x^n, (n, 1, oo)), True))/x

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