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On rearrangements of infinite series

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

A. P. Robertson
A. P. Robertson
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The Univebsity Glasgow
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If a convergent series of real or complex numbers is rearranged, the resulting series may or may not converge. There are therefore two problems which naturally arise.

(i) What is the condition on a given series for every rearrangement to converge?

(ii) What is the condition on a given method of rearrangement for it to leave unaffected the convergence of every convergent series?

The answer to (i) is well known; by a famous theorem of Riemann, the series must be absolutely convergent. The solution of (ii) is perhaps not so familiar, although it has been given by various authors, including R. Rado [7], F. W. Levi [6] and R. P. Agnew [2]. It is also given as an exercise by N. Bourbaki ([4], Chap. III, § 4, exs. 7 and 8).

Type
Research Article
Information
Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , July 1958 , pp. 182 - 193
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1958

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