Summation by parts
In
mathematics,
summation by parts transforms the
summation of products of sequences into other summations, often simplifying the computation of certain types of sums. The rule states:
Suppose and are two sequences. Then,
Using the
difference operator, it can be stated as more succinctly as
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as an analogue to the
integration by parts formula,
The summation by parts formula is sometimes called
Abel's lemma.
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