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Indefinite summation

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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