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- n. analysis A sum with a countably infinite number of ordered summands; the sum itself is formally defined as the limit of the partial sums, if it exists.
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“On the contrary it helps to emphasize this truth, for the same relation of dependence upon a self-existing cause which is implied in the contingency of any single being is implied a fortiori in the existence of an infinite series of such beings, supposing such a series to be possible.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“+ Motion, i.e. the passing from power to act, as it takes place in the universe implies a first unmoved Mover (primum movens immobile), who is God; else we should postulate an infinite series of movers, which is inconceivable.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“I'll be married in this lilac gingham: you may make a dressing-gown for yourself out of the pearl-grey silk, and an infinite series of waistcoats out of the black satin. ”
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