Analytic lemmas for the block construction #
Convergence of a real series is expressed through its ordered partial sums.
In particular, the conclusion below is deliberately a Tendsto statement:
Summable for real series would assert unconditional (absolute) convergence.
The partial sum of a series in the order specified by a permutation.
Equations
- NonMRR.rearrangedPartialSum a π j = ∑ i ∈ Finset.range j, a (π i)
Instances For
Summably dominated blocks with sum zero have total ordered sum zero.
The domination may fail at finitely many block indices. The local summability hypothesis is automatic for pairwise disjoint finite supports.
Infinitely many disjoint blocks of absolute mass at least one prevent absolute convergence. The blocks need not be intervals.
The analytic conclusion used in the slalom construction: disjoint balanced finite blocks, uniformly small outside finitely many indices in both relevant orders, give a conditionally convergent series whose sum the permutation preserves.