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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions lectures/geom_series.md
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These and other applications prove the truth of the wise crack that

```{epigraph}
"in economics, a little knowledge of geometric series goes a long way "
"In economics, a little knowledge of geometric series goes a long way."
```

Below we'll use the following imports:
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namely, the deposits $D_i$ held by its depositors; these are
IOU's from the bank to its depositors in the form of either checking
accounts or savings accounts (or before 1914, bank notes issued by a
bank stating promises to redeem note for gold or silver on demand).
bank stating promises to redeem notes for gold or silver on demand).

Each bank $i$ sets its reserves to satisfy the equation

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and $r > g$ and that $r$ and $g$ are typically small
numbers, e.g., .05 or .03.

Use the Taylor series of $\frac{1}{1+r}$ about $r=0$,
Use the [Taylor series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_series) of $\frac{1}{1+r}$ about $r=0$,
namely,

$$
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Expanding:

$$
\begin{aligned} p_0 &=\frac{x_0(1-1+(T+1)^2 rg -r(T+1)+g(T+1))}{1-1+r-g+rg} \\&=\frac{x_0(T+1)((T+1)rg+r-g)}{r-g+rg} \\ &\approx \frac{x_0(T+1)(r-g)}{r-g}+\frac{x_0rg(T+1)}{r-g}\\ &= x_0(T+1) + \frac{x_0rg(T+1)}{r-g} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} p_0 &=\frac{x_0(1-1+(T+1)^2 rg +r(T+1)-g(T+1))}{1-1+r-g+rg} \\&=\frac{x_0(T+1)((T+1)rg+r-g)}{r-g+rg} \\ &= \frac{x_0(T+1)(r-g)}{r-g + rg}+\frac{x_0rg(T+1)^2}{r-g+rg}\\ &\approx \frac{x_0(T+1)(r-g)}{r-g}+\frac{x_0rg(T+1)}{r-g}\\ &= x_0(T+1) + \frac{x_0rg(T+1)}{r-g} \end{aligned}
$$

We could have also approximated by removing the second term
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