Afnan: Good morning Respected Judges, we’re team Prime Trio from St.
Gregory’s High School & College. I am Afnan Zaman your main
presenter.
Razveen: Good Morning I am Rayan Razveen.
Afnan: We’re from Junior Group and Our topic is Mathematical Series
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Afnan: The History of Mathematical Series, Usage, Tips and Formula.
Razveen: A complete journey to the topic of Mathematical Series.
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Afnan: Chapter 1: The timeline, history and creation of mathematical
series.
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Afnan: The History – from 11th CE to 12th CE, The Creator – Carl Friedrich
Gauss, Modern Usage – The year 2024
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Afnan: 11th – 12th Century: The Early history
Ancient Greece: The concept of series can be traced back to ancient
Greece, particularly with the work of mathematicians like Pythagoras.
Pythagoreans explored many relationships and discovered some
simple arithmetic series.
Razveen: Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Leonardo of Pisa, better
known as Fibonacci, introduced the famous Fibonacci sequence in his
book "Liber Abaci" (The Book of Calculation). The sequence starts with 0
and 1, with each subsequent number being the sum of the two
preceding ones: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and so on.
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Afnan: Carl Friedrich Gauss : The Creator – A little backstory
Razveen: Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) was one of the greatest
mathematicians of all time, and he made significant contributions to
various fields, including number theory, algebra, geometry, and physics.
In the context of sequences and series:
Afnan: One of Gauss's famous contributions came when he was a child.
As the story goes, his teacher tasked the class to sum all numbers from
1 to 100. Gauss, recognizing that he could pair the first and last numbers
(1+100), the second and second-to-last numbers (2+99), and so on,
realized that each pair added up to 101. Since there were 50 pairs, he
quickly calculated the sum as 50 × 101 = 5050. This clever method
showed the sum of an arithmetic series, and Gauss's insight saved him
a lot of time.
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Afnan: 2024 : The Modern Usage and Real Life Applications
In modern life, mathematical series are used in a variety of daily
contexts, often without us even realizing it. Here are some everyday
applications:
Razveen:
· Physics: Engineers and physicists use series to model natural
phenomena like motion, electricity, and sound. For example, the motion
of a falling object can be modeled with arithmetic series, while the
decay of radioactive materials is described by geometric series.
· Electrical Engineering: In circuit analysis, engineers use series to
calculate voltages, currents, and impedance in electrical networks.
· Algorithms: Many algorithms use series for iteration or analysis. For
instance, loops in programming languages often involve arithmetic
series.
· Data Analysis: Statistical analysis often relies on series, like time series
analysis for forecasting stock prices or weather conditions.
· Cryptography: Cryptographic algorithms use series to generate
random numbers and ensure security.
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Afnan: Chapter 2: Basic Introduction to Arithmetic Series.
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Afnan: · A mathematical series is the sum of the terms of a sequence,
typically denoted by 𝑎1+𝑎2+𝑎3+…+an, where a1, a2, a3,…,an are individual
term of sequence.
In other words, a series is formed by adding up all the terms of a
sequence. Each term contributes to the overall sum, and the series
represents the total value obtained by adding all the terms together.
The terms of a series can be finite, meaning there is a specific number
of terms being added, or infinite, where the terms continue indefinitely.
A finite series has a fixed number of terms, while an infinite series has an
infinite number of terms.
(You can check the presentation behind you and read it by seeing if you
cannot memorize)
Razveen: There are many types of Mathematical Series, some general
types of Series are:
i) Arithmetic Series v) Convergent & Divergent Series
ii) Geometric Series vi) Power Series
iii) Harmonic Series vii) Taylor Series
iv) Alternating Series
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Afnan: Chapter 3: Understanding and Solving Basic Problems.
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(from here look at the presentation and use ur fingers to demonstrate)
Afnan: To understand Arithmetic Series Better, we need to understand
arithmetic sequence first.
Here you can see besides the arithmetic sequence, a geometric
sequence is placed beside for better understanding of the topic.
An arithmetic sequence is basically a row of numbers with a specific
difference from each number. In arithmetic sequence each number is
termed with a. Here you can see 3 is termed as a1, 7 is a2, 11 is a3 and so
on. Same goes for the geometric sequence.
Razveen: In the arithmetic sequence you can see the first term and the
second term, the difference is 4. Again, from the second term to the
third term the difference is 4. And so, on the difference is 4.
This 4 is the difference of the sequence and is termed as “d” when using
in mathematical sentence.
In the geometric Sequence you can see the second term is multiplied 2
times from the 1st term, the third term is multiplied 2 times from the 2nd
term and so on.
This double multiple is the ratio of the sequence and is termed as “r”
when using in mathematical sentence.
Afnan: To get the mean of 2 numbers in an arithmetic sequence we will
use this formula: a+b divided by 2. Here for example, I will select 3 and 11.
So adding 3+11 and dividing by 2 results 7 which is the mean of the 2
numbers.
To get the mean of 2 numbers in a geometric sequence we will use this
formula: a multiplied b root. Here for example, I will select 3 and 12. 3
multiplied 12 is 36 root. And the root for 36 results 6 which is the mean of
the 2 numbers.
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(Look behind the presentation and say it by looking at it)
Afnan: Arithmetic Sequence
Razveen: Geometric Sequence
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(Say this slide by looking at the presentation too.)
Afnan: Arithmetic Series.
Razveen: Geometric Series.
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Rafi: “Practice math and arithmetic series, sharpen our minds and keep
its legacy”
Thank you for your patience for listening to us.
