Basic series and Derived series
•R5, R10, R20, R40 and R80 are called basic series.
•Any series that is formed on the basis of these five basic series is called derived series.
•Derivedseriesarederivedfrombasicseries.Therearetwomethodsofforming
derivedseries,namely,reducingthenumbersofaparticularbasicseriesorincreasing
thenumbers.
•Inthefirstmethod,aderivedseriesisobtainedbytakingeverysecond,third,fourthor
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th
termofagivenbasicseries.
•(i)SeriesR10/3(1,…,1000)indicatesaderivedseriescomprisingofeverythird
termoftheR10seriesandhavingthelowerlimitas1andhigherlimitas1000.
•(ii)SeriesR20/4(…,8,…)indicatesaderivedseriescomprisingofeveryfourthterm
oftheR20series,unlimitedinbothsidesandhavingthenumber8insidetheseries.
•(iii)SeriesR20/3(200,…)indicatesaderivedseriescomprisingofeverythirdterm
oftheR20seriesandhavingthelowerlimitas200andwithoutanyhigherlimit.
•(iv)SeriesR20/3(…200)indicatesaderivedseriescomprisingofeverythirdtermof
theR20seriesandhavingthehigherlimitas200andwithoutanylowerlimit.
•Inthesecondmethod,thederivedseriesisobtainedbyincreasingthenumbersofa
particularbasicseries.Letusconsideranexampleofaderivedseriesofnumbers
rangingfrom1to1000basedontheR5series.
•Therefore,thecompletederivedseriesonthebasisofR5seriesisasfollows:
•1,1.6,2.5,4,6.3,10,16,25,40,63,100,160,250,400,630,1000
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