"formal sum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: formal sums [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} formal sum (plural formal sums)
  1. (mathematics) An expression which looks like a sum but where the symbol + has a purely symbolic role, in the sense that the summands cannot be meaningfully combined.
    (algebra) An element of a free abelian group or vector space regarded as a sum of basis elements.
    Categories (topical): Algebra, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-formal_sum-en-noun-~Rk7VoeV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
  2. (mathematics) An expression which looks like a sum but where the symbol + has a purely symbolic role, in the sense that the summands cannot be meaningfully combined.
    (of a series) A sum of an infinite sequence of numbers considered as an indeterminate object, in the sense of being subject to certain algebraic manipulations but not necessarily convergent.
    Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-formal_sum-en-noun-8ocjZTF2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Topics: mathematics, sciences

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