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[pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
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pre-commit-ci[bot] committed May 6, 2026
commit 4ddb9710c5b659ac084371c645e85572f49246c1
10 changes: 7 additions & 3 deletions maths/series/alternate_harmonic_series.py
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Expand Up @@ -35,19 +35,23 @@ def is_alternate_harmonic_series(series: list) -> bool:
raise ValueError("Input list must be a non empty list")
if len(series) == 1 and series[0] != 0:
return True
receprocal= []
receprocal = []
series_len = len(series)
for i in range(series_len):
if series[i] == 0:
raise ValueError("Input series cannot have 0 as an element")
receprocal.append(1 / series[i])
common_diff = abs(receprocal[1]) - abs(receprocal[0])
for index in range(2, series_len):
if abs(receprocal[index]) - abs(receprocal[index - 1]) != common_diff or receprocal[index]*receprocal[index-1] >= 0:
if (
abs(receprocal[index]) - abs(receprocal[index - 1]) != common_diff
or receprocal[index] * receprocal[index - 1] >= 0
):
return False
return True


if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest

doctest.testmod()
doctest.testmod()