Let be a field, let be a nonempty finite set, let be the natural number for which has elements, unique by Uniqueness of the Number of Elements, let be the initial segment determined by , and let be a map.
The sum of over is
where is any bijection and the right-hand side is the finite sum of . At least one such exists because has elements, and the right-hand side does not depend on the choice of by A Sum over a Finite Index Set Does Not Depend on the Enumeration.
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