University of California, San Diego: Edward Bender and S. Williamson's "Arithmetic, Logic and Numbers: Induction, Sequences, and Series"

Read Section 1 on pages 1 - 11. ∏ is the symbol for product. If p1 , p2, ... , pk ... is a sequence, the series p1 , p1 p2 , p1 p2 p3 , p1 p2 , ... , pk is written ∏ p1 p2 ... pk. If you look over the exercises for section 1, you will see that this reading applies to ∏ examples as well as ∑ examples. This reading also applies to topics in Subunit 4.3.2.