Lecture 8

Learning objectives

After this class, you should be able to:

1. Determine a closed form expression for a sum, using the perturbation method.
2. Determine a closed form expression for a sum, using the repertoire method

Reading assignment

1. Sec 2.5 - methods 2 and 3.
2. Review integration.

Exercises and review questions

• Questions on current lecture's material
  1. None.

• Questions on next lecture's material
  1. What is the integral of x dx, where x varies from x1 to x2?
  2. What is the integral of x2 dx, where x varies from x1 to x2?