Geometric Series
Recall that for any
complex number

, the
signal

defines a
geometric sequence,
i.e., each
term is obtained by multiplying the previous term by the (complex) constant

.
A
geometric series is the
sum of a geometric sequence:
If

, the sum can be expressed in
closed form:
Proof: We have
When

,

, by inspection of the definition of

.
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