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Achilles, Turtle, and the Geometric Series

Submitted by Mika.Seppala on Thu, 2008/03/13 - 16:49.

This is a short video that discusses the paradox of Zeno. It turns out that this paradox is not a paradox but rather an easy way to show that a geometric series converges (if |q| < 1) and to find a formula for the sum. Suitable for high schools.

English version in YouTube:

Translation to Spanish in YouTube:

Authors:	Seppälä, Mika (U of Helsinki and FSU) Costa, Antonio (UNED)
Resource URL:	Link to Resource
Taxonomy:	6. Calculus
Languages:	Spanish (es), English (en)
Keywords:	slides, problems, laboratories, Calculus
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