to assign a sum

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• assign — To make an option seller perform his obligation to assume a short futures position (as a seller of a call option) or a long futures position (as a seller of a put option). Chicago Board of Trade glossary * * * assign as‧sign [əˈsaɪn] verb… …   Financial and business terms

• Zero-sum — In game theory and economic theory, zero sum describes a situation in which a participant s gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the other participant(s). If the total gains of the participants are added up, and the total… …   Wikipedia

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• Summation of Grandi's series — General considerationstability and linearityThe formal manipulations that lead to 1 − 1 + 1 − 1 + · · · being assigned a value of 1⁄2 include: *Adding or subtracting two series term by term, *Multiplying through by a scalar term by term, *… …   Wikipedia

• ring-fence — 1) To allow one part of a company or group to go into receivership or bankruptcy without affecting the viability of the rest of the company or group. 2) To assign a sum of money to a particular purpose so that it does not become part of the… …   Accounting dictionary

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• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics: Thales to Plato — Ian Mueller INTRODUCTION: PROCLUS’ HISTORY OF GEOMETRY In a famous passage in Book VII of the Republic starting at Socrates proposes to inquire about the studies (mathēmata) needed to train the young people who will become leaders of the ideal… …   History of philosophy

• Divergent series — In mathematics, a divergent series is an infinite series that is not convergent, meaning that the infinite sequence of the partial sums of the series does not have a limit. If a series converges, the individual terms of the series must approach… …   Wikipedia

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• 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + · · · — In mathematics, 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + … is the infinite series whose terms are the successive positive integers, given alternating signs. Using sigma summation notation the sum of the first m terms of the series can be expressed as:sum {n=1}^m n( 1)^{n …   Wikipedia