Geometric Sequence
A geometric sequence is a sequence 
, 
, 1, ..., such
that each term is given by a multiple 
of the previous
one. Another equivalent definition is that a sequence is geometric iff
it has a zero series bias. If the multiplier is 
, then the 
th term is given
by
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Taking 
gives the simple special case
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The Season 1 episode "Identity Crisis" (2005) of the television crime drama NUMB3RS mentions geometric progressions.
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