Geometric series formula when a=1

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Bazzinga, you need to learn these two formulas …

for all n:
1 - xn = (1 - x)(1 + x + x2 + … + xn-1)​

for odd n:
1 + xn = (1 + x)(1 - x + x2 - … + xn-1) :wink: