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ab′solute conver′gence, [Math.]
- Mathematicsthe property of an infinite series in which the series formed by replacing each term in the original series with its absolute value converges. Cf. conditional convergence.
- Mathematicsthe property of a sequence of functions in which the series whose terms are the successive differences of the elements of the sequence exhibits absolute convergence.
- Mathematicsthe property of an improper integral in which the integral formed by replacing the integrand by its absolute value converges. Also called unconditional convergence.
- 1905–10
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