Is There a Logical Method for Finding a General n-th Term in Partial Sums?

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Yo guys,I was wondering if there was an easy logical way of finding a general n-th term in a sequence of partial sums for any converging sequence {a-n}
 
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vish22 said:
Yo guys,I was wondering if there was an easy logical way of finding a general n-th term in a sequence of partial sums for any converging sequence {a-n}



Except actually summing the terms, in general the answer is simple: no.

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