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alternating series

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. a series, usually infinite, in which successive terms have opposite signs, as 1 − ½ + ¼ − ⅛ + … .


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Lock, who coach Pete Carroll said had been hit “pretty hard’’ by COVID, was back at practice Sunday and participated fully, alternating series with the number one offense with Smith.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022

In recent years, coaches have tried to keep quarterbacks happy by alternating series.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2021

The pullover jerseys featured an alternating series of horizontal stripes, rendered in shades of orange, yellow and red, the word Astros spelled out above in clean, unembellished sans serif letterforms.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2017

What hypothesis of the alternating series test is not met?

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

How do we know that the present season may not be the first of an alternating series, and that it may not at any moment terminate, and be succeeded by one of an opposite character?

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas

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