First-order Cesàro summation of a geometric series

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For the geometric series with terms , , the partial sums are . Averaging the finite expressions gives
If and , the second term has absolute value at most , and therefore tends to zero. On the unit circle, except at , this yields a first-order Cesàro sum even though the terms do not tend to zero. For , instead and , so there is no finite Cesàro sum.[ref]

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