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The sum consists of an infinite number of summands that get smaller and smaller.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 July 2024
But in the 3-adics, 972 is the same size as 486, because both the sum (972) and the summand (486) have the same number of 3s in their prime factorization.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2020
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 July 2024
But in the 3-adics, 972 is the same size as 486, because both the sum (972) and the summand (486) have the same number of 3s in their prime factorization.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2020
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“Summand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summand. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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