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Def/Arithmetic progression
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Definition of Arithmetic progression: Suppose that $(a_i)$ is a sequence, indexed by an interval of integers. The values of $a_i$ can be integers, real numbers, or most generally, elements of an abelian group.
We say that the sequence $(a_i)$ is an arithmetic progression, or linear progression, if there exists a constant (integer, real number, or element of the appropriate abelian group) $m$ such that:
- The sequence of differences $(a_i')$ is a constant sequence, with constant $m$.
- Equivalently, for every nonmaximal $i$ in the indexing set, $a_{i+1} = a_i + m$.
In this case, we call $m$ the slope or step size of the arithmetic progression $(a_i)$.
Logical Connections
This definition logically relies on the following definitions and statements: Def/Sequence, Def/Sequence of differences
The following statements and definitions logically rely on the material of this page: Def/Quadratic sequence, and State/Arithmetic progression rule for binary quadratic forms
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