arithmetic progression
noun
: a progression (such as 3, 5, 7, 9) in which the difference between any term and its predecessor is constant
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The perfect squares have an arithmetic progression of length three hiding in the first several terms: {1, 25, 49}.
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Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
This kind of sequence is called an arithmetic progression.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Feb. 2019
In mathematics, this is called an arithmetic progression—a sequence in which the numbers increase by the same amount at each step.
—Eugenia Cheng, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2018
Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
This kind of sequence is called an arithmetic progression.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Feb. 2019
In mathematics, this is called an arithmetic progression—a sequence in which the numbers increase by the same amount at each step.
—Eugenia Cheng, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2018
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