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Math 4 Unit 1 Vocabulary
Math 4 Unit 1 Vocabulary
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Mathematics
12th Grade
07/27/2012

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Term
sequence
Definition

a set of numbers written in a specific order; a function f whose domain is the set of naturalnumbers

 

Term
term
Definition

an individual value in a sequence

Term
recursive sequence
Definition

sequence in which the next term depends on previous terms instead of a simpleformula

 

Term
explicit sequence
Definition

sequence in which the value of the term depends on its position

 

 

 

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Fibonacci sequence
Definition

sequence in which each term after the second is determined by adding the previous two terms; 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, . . .

Term
sigma notation
Definition
symbolic way to represent a series
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arithmetic sequence
Definition

a sequence in which the difference between successive terms is constant.

 

 

 

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geometric sequence
Definition

a sequence in which the ratio between successive terms is constant.

 

 

 

Term
common difference
Definition

the amount of increase or decrease between successive terms of an arithmetic sequence

 

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common ratio
Definition

the factor of increase or decrease between successive terms of a geometric sequence

 

 

 

Term
infinite sequence
Definition

a sequence with infinitely many terms.

 

 

 

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