Interchanging discrete summation signs

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The discussion focuses on the method of interchanging discrete summation signs by visualizing the process as an integral summation, particularly using area diagrams. The approach simplifies the transition between discrete sums and integrals, especially when determining new terminals for integrals. For cases involving three or more variables, the complexity increases, prompting inquiries about handling both discrete and continuous scenarios. The application of Fubini's theorem for the Lebesgue integral is highlighted as a critical condition for legally interchanging summation signs in infinite cases.

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When needed to do that, I found it much easier to pretend it's an integral summation and then draw the area diagram then work it out from the picture the new terminals for the integral. Then convert that back into the discrete sum. Is that how you would do it?

However for three or more variables that method could be tough. How would you do it then? Both for discrete and continuous cases.
 
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Are we talking about an infinite sum or a finite sum?

For the infinite case, Fubini's theorem for the Lebesgue integral applied to the counting measure gives conditions for when interchanging summation sign is legal.
 

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