| ap | × | aq | |
| a × a × . . . × a | × | a × a × . . . × a | |
| ← p termes → | ← q termes → | ||
| ← . . . . . . (p + q) . . . . . . . termes → | = ap+q | ||
| ← . . . . . . . . . p termes . . . . . . . . . → | ||||
| ap = | a × a × . . . × a × a × a × . . . . . × a | |||
| aq = | a × a × . . . × a | |||
| ap / aq = | a × a × . . . . . × a | = ap−q | ||
| ← q termes → | ← (p−q) termes → | |||
| Sn = | 1 | + | 2 | + | 3 | + | . . . | + | (n−1) | + | n | (suite de raison +1) |
| Sn = | n | + | (n−1) | + | (n−2) | + | . . . | + | 2 | + | 1 | (suite de raison −1) |
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2 Sn = | (n+1) | + | (n+1) | + | (n+1) | + | . . . | + | (n+1) | + | (n+1) | = n × (n+1) |
| u1 | u2 | . . . | uk−1 | uk | uk+1 | . . . | un |
| n termes | |||||||
| (k−1) termes | n − (k−1) termes = n − k + 1 termes |
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| Sn = | 1 | + | q | + | q2 | + | . . . | + | qn−1 | + | qn | (suite de terme initial q0) |
| q Sn = | q | + | q2 | + | q3 | + | . . . | + | qn | + | qn+1 | (suite de terme initial q1) |
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| (1 − q) Sn = | 1 | − | qn+1 | = 1 − qn+1 | ||||||||
| (tous les autres termes disparaissent) | ||||||||||||