Definition:Absolute Convergence of Product
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Definition
Complex Numbers
Let $\sequence {a_n}$ be a sequence in $\C$.
The infinite product $\ds \prod_{n \mathop = 1}^\infty \paren {1 + a_n}$ is absolutely convergent if and only if $\ds \prod_{n \mathop = 1}^\infty \paren {1 + \size {a_n} }$ is convergent.
General Definition
Let $\struct {\mathbb K, \norm{\,\cdot\,} }$ be a valued field.
Let $\sequence {a_n}$ be a sequence in $\mathbb K$.
The infinite product $\ds \prod_{n \mathop = 1}^\infty \paren {1 + a_n}$ is absolutely convergent if and only if $\ds \prod_{n \mathop = 1}^\infty \paren {1 + \norm {a_n} }$ is convergent.
Also presented as
The product $\ds \prod_{n \mathop = 1}^\infty a_n$ is absolutely convergent if and only if $\ds \prod_{n \mathop = 1}^\infty \paren {1 + \size {a_n - 1} }$ is convergent.