Unit 3-Lecture1: Sum & Product

1 Sums

• Arithmetic sums
• Geometric sums
• Harmonic sums

1.1 Integral method

Theorem: let $f: R^+ \to R^+$ be weakly increasing function. Define

$$S ::= \sum_{i=1}^nf(i)$$
and
$$I ::= \int_1^nf(x)dx$$
then
$$I+f(1)\le S \le I+f(n)$$

1.2 Asymptotically equal

Definition: For functions $f, g : R \to R$, we say $f$ is asymtotically equal to $g$ iff

$$\lim_{x\to \infty}\frac{f(x)}{g(x)} = 1$$

2 Products

Stirling’s Formula

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Reference

[1] Lehman E, Leighton F H, Meyer A R. Mathematics for Computer Science[J]. 2015.