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Series of Complex Numbers: Partial Sums, Convergence, the Sum and Absolute Convergence

Defines the partial sums of a sequence of complex numbers, convergence and divergence of its series, the sum of a convergent series as the limit of the partial sums, and absolute convergence as convergence of the real series of moduli.

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In the setting of Complex Analysis: Standing Notation, let (ak)(a_{k}) be a sequence in C\mathbb{C}.

Partial sums. For a natural number nn, the nn-th partial sum of (ak)(a_{k}) is the finite sum sn=∑k=1naks_{n}=\sum_{k=1}^{n}a_{k} in C\mathbb{C}, and the sequence (sn)(s_{n}) is its sequence of partial sums.

Convergence and the sum. The series ∑k=1∞ak\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}a_{k} converges if (sn)(s_{n}) is convergent, and diverges otherwise. If it converges, its sum, also written ∑k=1∞ak\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}a_{k}, is the limit of (sn)(s_{n}).

Absolute convergence. The series ∑k=1∞ak\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}a_{k} converges absolutely if the series ∑k=1∞∣ak∣\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}|a_{k}| of the moduli converges in R\mathbb{R}.

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