1. ## Help with summation

Hello all,

I would like to ask what is probably a simple question for you all... *blush*

I am having some trouble understanding the notation of an equation used to calculate the timing of the seasonal peak of plankton.

Here it is: (I am afraid I am unfamiliar with TeX, so I will simply paste an image of the equation...)

(Central Tendency, T)

Where xm is the mean abundance in month M (January=1, Feb=2,...,Dec=12)

I understand that the denominator is simply SUM from 1 to 12 the mean abundance i.e. X1 + X2... +X12. I don't understand the M.xm part, though; does the full stop/period/dot represent a multiplication...?

Apologies if this is all elementary...

Many thanks in advance for any help offered

I have realised this is in the incorrect sub-forum and have reposted it in the algebra sub-forum. Apologies.
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2. ## Re: Help with summation

The summation you posted actually makes no sense. Since the terms in the sums are dependent on m and not i then the sum on the top evaluates to $M x_m$ and the bottom to $x_m$, where M and $x_m$ are constants.

$\frac{\sum\limits_{m=1}^{12} M_m.x_m}{\sum\limits_{m=1}^{12}x_m}$
then this can be interpreted as a weighted average over the months of the year, letting $M_m$ be a variable dependent on m running from 1 (January) to 12 (December)
Expanding we would get $\frac{1x_1 + 2x_2 + ... + 12x_{12}}{x_1 + x_2 + ... + x_{12}}$
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