SOLUTION: Hi. Can you please help me put 1-2+3-4+5-... in summation notation form

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Question 75679: Hi.
Can you please help me put
1-2+3-4+5-...
in summation notation form

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Can you please help me put
1-2+3-4+5-...
in summation notation form
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Separate the odd numbers and the even numbers.
The odds are "summation"(2n+1) with n starting at zero
The evens are "summation"(2n) with n starting at 1
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Then the series is [odd summation]-[even summation]
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Cheers,
Stan H.