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In the definition of an integral what does the astrix (*) mean above the [math]x_i[/math]? I got confused in class today because the prof used an astrix but just to mean the equation we had been talking about.
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Also, I sometimes see the top of the sigma being [math]n-1[/math] instead of [math]n[/math]. I guess it doesn't really make a difference since [math]n[/math] goes to infinity but why the difference?
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Also, I sometimes see the top of the sigma being [math]n-1[/math] instead of [math]n[/math]. I guess it doesn't really make a difference since [math]n[/math] goes to infinity but why the difference?