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In mathematics, the infinite series ⁠1/4⁠ + ⁠1/16⁠ + ⁠1/64⁠ + ⁠1/256⁠ + ⋯ is an example of one of the first infinite series to be summed in the history of mathematics; it was used by Archimedes circa 250–200 BC. As it is a geometric series with first term ⁠1/4⁠ and common ratio ⁠1/4⁠, its sum is





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{\displaystyle \sum _{n=1}^{\infty }{\frac {1}{4^{n}}}={\frac {\frac {1}{4}}{1-{\frac {1}{4}}}}={\frac {1}{3}}.}

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