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Re: Generalized series

Subject: Re: Generalized series
From: A N Niel
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:18:45 -0400
Newsgroups: sci.math
In article
<12708828.1122723804279.JavaMail.jakarta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Xantos <xantos_2005@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> 
> Nets are generalized sequences. In the same manner
> series can be generalized. I don't know it they also
> have some fancy name. 
> 
> If the generalized series Sum_i(x_i) converges,
> then it is easy to show that the net 
> (x_i) is a zero-net.
> 
> But what I really would like to know is whether
> in that case at most countably many x_i's are different from zero. That is to
> say, the summation can be 
> done only on countable subset of I. 
> Thank you for your comments.
> 
> Xantos

If a series of reals converges, then all but countably many are zero.
Series with some other values (say a topological vector space) need not
have this property.

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