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by lisper 4531 days ago
> Can someone explain to me why I am allowed to add a padding zero at the start without taking it out at the end?

Because there is no "end". These are infinite series.

> But I might as well leave the leading Zero out and argue that:

Yes, exactly, that's the whole point. You cannot manipulate non-convergent series in this way if you want consistent results.

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Cheers, thanks!