aeros
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3 years ago This was roughly posted by me earlier on the core-mentorship ML thread where this was originally brought up, but I'll go into a bit more detail here.
I can agree that the example on the front of python.org may not perfectly fit the mathematical definition of a "series" ("a limit of a sum"). However, it's worth also considering the more casual/commonplace definition of "series", which is likely what the example was using:
According to Mariam-Webster, a series can be defined as "a number of things or events of the same class coming one after another in spatial or temporal succession".
While the specific mathematical definition is generally more relevant in an academic context and some engineering fields, in the context of a very broad example that's targeted at potential first-time Python users, I think the more casual definition is perfectly suitable. More importantly, I don't think that changing "series" -> "sequence" would significantly benefit that target audience.
(It wouldn't necessarily hurt them either, but it requires a tangible practical benefit to justify making the change to a front page example. I'm personally not seeing that benefit.)
8vasu
When https://www.python.org/ is visited, the user is presented with sample code that says "# Python 3: Fibonacci series up to n...". A "series" is a limit of a sum. This should be changed to "# Python 3: Fibonacci sequence up to n...".