Talk:Arithmetic progression
|
|
According to Mathworld (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ArithmeticSeries.html), which has a link in the article, an arithmetic series is the sum of an arithmetic progression or sequence. Charles Matthews has obscured this distinction by redirecting arithmetic series to arithmetic progression. I'm not sure whether the distinction made by Mathworld is commonly recognised by mathematicians, so I'm not going to revert the change. I'll wait for comments. -- Heron 15:12, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- The redirect only implies that information on arithmetic series is contained in the arithmetic progression article, not that the two terms are synonymous. The article is quite clear on the latter point (and mathworld is right, of course). -- Arvindn 15:39, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Yes, the article has both definitions; I don't see anything obscure about it.
Charles Matthews 15:59, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)