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Shifting the Index of a Series of Real Numbers

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Reason: New: a series of real numbers converges exactly when the series of its terms from the second onward converges, with the sum related by the first term. Needed wherever termwise manipulation shifts the index. · 536 chars · 2 deps · depth 12

A series of real numbers converges exactly when the series of its terms from the second onward converges, and then its sum is the first term plus that sum.

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In the setting of The Real Numbers: Standing Notation and Background, let (ak)kN(a_{k})_{k\in\mathbb{N}} be a sequence of real numbers and let (bk)kN(b_{k})_{k\in\mathbb{N}} be the sequence given by

bk=ak+1(kN).b_{k}=a_{k+1}\qquad(k\in\mathbb{N}).

Convergence of a series of real numbers and its sum are as defined there.

The series k=1ak\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}a_{k} converges if and only if the series k=1bk\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}b_{k} converges, and in that case

k=1ak=a1+k=1bk.\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}a_{k}=a_{1}+\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}b_{k}.
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