Introduction to Summation Notation and Series

You'll need this to know a tiny bit about the next topic.

The summation, denoted by the uppercase greek sigma symbol, , is used to say "the sum of all the following".

Sometimes the sum has lower and upper limits, you'll see this as a certain variable from a value to another.

Take this for example:

Basically, take the expression that follows, do it for each value, then add them all up together. Easy.
This is a series. The sum of all factorials of 2n from n=1 to n=10.

Taylor Expansions