Série (mathématiques)En mathématiques, la notion de série permet de généraliser la notion de somme finie. Étant donné une suite de terme général u, étudier la série de terme général u c'est étudier la suite obtenue en prenant la somme des premiers termes de la suite (u), autrement dit la suite de terme général S défini par : L'étude d'une série peut passer par la recherche d'une écriture simplifiée des sommes finies en jeu et par la recherche éventuelle d'une limite finie quand n tend vers l'infini.
Madhava seriesIn mathematics, a Madhava series is one of the three Taylor series expansions for the sine, cosine, and arctangent functions discovered in 14th or 15th century Kerala by the mathematician and astronomer Madhava of Sangamagrama (c. 1350 – c. 1425) or his followers in the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. Using modern notation, these series are: All three series were later independently discovered in 17th century Europe.
Proof (truth)A proof is sufficient evidence or a sufficient argument for the truth of a proposition. The concept applies in a variety of disciplines, with both the nature of the evidence or justification and the criteria for sufficiency being area-dependent. In the area of oral and written communication such as conversation, dialog, rhetoric, etc., a proof is a persuasive perlocutionary speech act, which demonstrates the truth of a proposition.
