Alternating Geometric Series Sum

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  • Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
  • This is a short, animated visual proof demonstrating the infinite alternating geometric series formula for any positive ratio r with r less than 1 and with positive first term a. This series is important for many results in calculus, discrete mathematics, and combinatorics.
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    For a slower, wide format version of this video (without words), see • Alternating Geometric ...
    Also, check out my playlist on geometric sums/series: • Geometric Sums
    This animation is based on a proof by The Viewpoints 2000 group from the October 2001 issue of Mathematics Magazine page 320 (www.jstor.org/stable/2691106 ).
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Комментарии • 73

  • @ZeMeatMuncher
    @ZeMeatMuncher Месяц назад +388

    When people say "math is beautiful," things like this are what they mean.

  • @raymitchell9736
    @raymitchell9736 Месяц назад +98

    The isosceles triangle is so underrated LOL

  • @DanielPoupko
    @DanielPoupko 28 дней назад +27

    That was your best one yet. Brilliant.

  • @HermesAngel
    @HermesAngel День назад +2

    I'll be really honest. I have no idea what you're talking about, but I like listening to you talk about it

  • @grooveseeker6269
    @grooveseeker6269 6 дней назад +5

    This left me with mouth wide open

  • @jedsonguedes
    @jedsonguedes 28 дней назад +27

    Probably the best visual proof of this channel so far!

  • @virushk
    @virushk 28 дней назад +6

    You sir are a genius, this explanation was a masterclass

  • @andrewkarsten5268
    @andrewkarsten5268 День назад +1

    My analysis book had a picture of this for the cover

  • @gusthomas6872
    @gusthomas6872 26 дней назад +3

    this is an awesome proof

  • @sebastianhollmann9611
    @sebastianhollmann9611 27 дней назад +2

    Great work!

  • @alien_0_0_7
    @alien_0_0_7 Месяц назад +4

    wow this is good.

  • @31.DiepAnhTuan-bx4cg
    @31.DiepAnhTuan-bx4cg 7 дней назад

    Good good thanks for the information brother

  • @MrBrelphox
    @MrBrelphox Месяц назад +15

    That's wild

  • @EbenCT_
    @EbenCT_ Месяц назад +59

    Chat is this real?

    • @flaviusmuntean6391
      @flaviusmuntean6391 Месяц назад +17

      nah bro u accidentaly took some funny mushrooms this morning :(

    • @NitronBeam
      @NitronBeam Месяц назад +34

      Yes it is, I was the convergence point

    • @tylosenpai6920
      @tylosenpai6920 26 дней назад +3

      Yes, under the condition that -1

    • @LumaSloth
      @LumaSloth 24 дня назад +3

      ​@NitronBeam can I have an autograph?

    • @NitronBeam
      @NitronBeam 23 дня назад +1

      @@LumaSloth
      Yeah sure, wait a...
      Oh ... , I forgot points don't even have arms to sign one :(

  • @BernardGreenberg
    @BernardGreenberg Месяц назад +10

    As pirates are wont to say, "Arrrrr!"

  • @jamium
    @jamium 28 дней назад +6

    Does this correspond to r being a negative number? This is a beautiful animation, is it manim

    • @MathVisualProofs
      @MathVisualProofs  28 дней назад +2

      Yes. Manim. This is a geometric series with negative ratio. Or you can make r positive and alternate as I have here.

  • @JasonAStillman
    @JasonAStillman Месяц назад +1

    so nice

  • @adamshenk9970
    @adamshenk9970 25 дней назад +1

    Sweet

  • @carlosaguilarbogantes667
    @carlosaguilarbogantes667 Месяц назад +1

    Wow!

  • @ZzSlumberzZ
    @ZzSlumberzZ Месяц назад +12

    HOW DO YOU FIGURE ALL THAT OUT

    • @MathVisualProofs
      @MathVisualProofs  Месяц назад +9

      All proofs have citations in the description :)

    • @ZzSlumberzZ
      @ZzSlumberzZ Месяц назад +3

      @@MathVisualProofs now that's pretty cool

    • @dan-us6nk
      @dan-us6nk Месяц назад +2

      People get paid to do this. Cool job!

  • @charliezard64
    @charliezard64 Месяц назад +1

    Wowzers

  • @Humon66
    @Humon66 16 дней назад +1

    Looks like it forms a hallway 😮

  • @ezrad5273
    @ezrad5273 23 дня назад

    this is so useful in my daily life.

  • @Gabriel_Bento
    @Gabriel_Bento 27 дней назад +2

    Are those animations made in Python (Manim)?

  • @rahulsai2093
    @rahulsai2093 Месяц назад +2

    How bro how you imagine all this stuff 😮😂😂

    • @MathVisualProofs
      @MathVisualProofs  Месяц назад +2

      not all me. I provide citations for each visual proof in the descriptions.

    • @Sara-ns3lq
      @Sara-ns3lq Месяц назад

      ​@MathVisualProofs who helps u with such beautiful ideas?

    • @MathVisualProofs
      @MathVisualProofs  Месяц назад +4

      @@Sara-ns3lq As mentioned, I just use the citations given (which are typically static diagrams) and then animate them in a way that I want to see them unfold. I don't have any help producing the animations or videos.

    • @Sara-ns3lq
      @Sara-ns3lq Месяц назад +1

      ​@MathVisualProofs
      Can u recommend any books which has such visual proofs

    • @MathVisualProofs
      @MathVisualProofs  Месяц назад +1

      @@Sara-ns3lq Check out any of the books by Roger B. Nelsen (he has a lot). At some point I had thought about doing a video about the books I use... maybe that's a good idea... :)

  • @Davide-gk9sz
    @Davide-gk9sz Месяц назад

    Can you do a visual of talet theorem?

  • @vennstudios9885
    @vennstudios9885 12 дней назад

    Basically
    Summation to infinity n=0 of
    A×(-r)^n
    § is stand in for summation because no symbol in keypad :(
    Or just Aק-r^n

  • @lemon.linguist
    @lemon.linguist 24 дня назад

    the fazbear sum

  • @pizza8725
    @pizza8725 18 дней назад +1

    Substituit u=-r and you will get a+au+au²+....=a÷(1-u)

  • @milesfreilich968
    @milesfreilich968 13 часов назад

    No, it would be (a/1+r)/2 since the final result you showed was half

  • @mosescheung5794
    @mosescheung5794 28 дней назад +1

    i can't see why the distance between the purple line with length ar and the line y=-rx+a is ar^2, can anyone help

    • @MathVisualProofs
      @MathVisualProofs  28 дней назад

      This takes some work. You first want to use the previous information to find the x-coordinate of that line, which is a-ar (because it is obtained by first traveling distance a and then back ar. Now when you plug x=a-ar into the two lines you get -r(a-ar)+a and a-ar. When you subtract these you get (-ar+ar^2+a) - (a-ar), which is ar^2. Same type of thing goes for the next vertical line and so on.

  • @jasonc7593
    @jasonc7593 Месяц назад +1

    All i know is a and r are lines at an x coordinate so yeah im smart

  • @reedmiller1055
    @reedmiller1055 28 дней назад

    The piece I’m unclear about is why we can be sure it’s an isosceles triangle if the absolute value of the slopes of the lines ( +1 and

    • @MathVisualProofs
      @MathVisualProofs  28 дней назад

      The line of interest is y=x. If you draw from any point on y=x and draw a vertical distance z, then a horizontal distance of z will put you back at y=c (because you changed the c and y coordinates both by z)

  • @NilAmbition
    @NilAmbition 6 дней назад

    Why didn’t you divide them by a 😔

  • @user-zh9tc9cf1d
    @user-zh9tc9cf1d 27 дней назад

    how do you come up with these proofs

    • @MathVisualProofs
      @MathVisualProofs  27 дней назад +1

      All the videos have citations in the description to the original published static diagrams. I don’t come up with them, I just animate them so they can get wider exposure.

  • @misterscollard
    @misterscollard 24 дня назад

    Curves??

  • @orpheuscreativeco9236
    @orpheuscreativeco9236 3 дня назад

    Sort of like a lerp function 🤔

  • @randomproductionscj587
    @randomproductionscj587 29 дней назад

    My first thought was - who tf uses y=-rx+a rther than y=-mx+c

  • @marvinjno-baptiste726
    @marvinjno-baptiste726 25 дней назад

    what's this useful for?

  • @jrhermosura4600
    @jrhermosura4600 24 дня назад

    ok

  • @haipingcao2212_.
    @haipingcao2212_. 4 дня назад

    💀

  • @martingibbs8972
    @martingibbs8972 27 дней назад

    *ratio of -r

  • @jilldlc4423
    @jilldlc4423 Месяц назад +1

    Huh?

  • @jebtickle4065
    @jebtickle4065 Месяц назад +2

    you lost me when you started using the alphabet

  • @IronicHavoc
    @IronicHavoc 28 дней назад

    Bruh

  • @NoSuchStrings
    @NoSuchStrings Месяц назад

    Ok wtf