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Finite Sums of Real Numbers: Nonnegativity, Domination by the Sum, and Limits

A finite sum of nonnegative real numbers is nonnegative and dominates each of its terms, and a finite sum of convergent real sequences converges to the sum of the limits.

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In the setting of The Real Numbers: Standing Notation and Background, let NN be a natural number and let [N][N] be the initial segment determined by NN. All sums below are the finite sums of the field R\mathbb{R}, formed from the map on [N][N] indicated in the clause in question, and convergence of a sequence of real numbers is that of the indicated definition. Then the following hold.

1. (Nonnegativity) Let t:[N]→Rt:[N]\to\mathbb{R} satisfy 0≤tk0\le t_{k} for every k∈[N]k\in[N], and let j∈[N]j\in[N]. Then

0≤∑k=1jtk.0\le\sum_{k=1}^{j}t_{k}.

If moreover tk=0t_{k}=0 for every k∈[N]k\in[N], then ∑k=1jtk=0\sum_{k=1}^{j}t_{k}=0.

2. (Each term is dominated by the sum) Let t:[N]→Rt:[N]\to\mathbb{R} satisfy 0≤tk0\le t_{k} for every k∈[N]k\in[N], let j∈[N]j\in[N] and let i∈[j]i\in[j]. Then

ti≤∑k=1jtk.t_{i}\le\sum_{k=1}^{j}t_{k}.

3. (Limits) For every k∈[N]k\in[N] let (ak,m)m∈N(a_{k,m})_{m\in\mathbb{N}} be a sequence of real numbers converging to the real number AkA_{k}, and let j∈[N]j\in[N]. Then the sequence whose mmth term is ∑k=1jak,m\sum_{k=1}^{j}a_{k,m} converges to ∑k=1jAk\sum_{k=1}^{j}A_{k}.

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