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Indefinite summation (for discrete variables) is the equivalent of indefinite integration (for continuous variables.)
The indefinite summation of a discrete function (or sequence) is
where is the indefinite summation operator, is the forward difference operator and if the indefinite summation constant.
Example
With
we get
so that
See also