plural of summation plural

plural of summation method

(mathematical analysis) Any of various methods for constructing generalized sums of series

plural of Borel summation

(mathematics) A summation method for divergent series, particularly useful for summing divergent asymptotic series, and in some sense giving the best possible sum for such series.

The use of the Kahan summation algorithm.

plural of compensated summation

(complex analysis) Any of several variations of the Borel summation method for summing possibly divergent formal power series.

(numerical analysis) An algorithm that significantly reduces the numerical error in the total obtained by adding a sequence of finite-precision floating-point numbers, compared to the obvious approach, by tracking the accumulated small errors in a separate variable.

Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation. / (education) Denoting forms of assessment used to quantify educational outcomes.