""" This is a pure Python implementation of the P-Series algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(mathematics)#P-series For doctests run following command: python -m doctest -v p_series.py or python3 -m doctest -v p_series.py For manual testing run: python3 p_series.py """ def p_series(nth_term: int, power: int) -> list: """Pure Python implementation of P-Series algorithm :return: The P-Series starting from 1 to last (nth) term Examples: >>> p_series(5, 2) [1, '1/4', '1/9', '1/16', '1/25'] >>> p_series(-5, 2) [] >>> p_series(5, -2) [1, '1/0.25', '1/0.1111111111111111', '1/0.0625', '1/0.04'] >>> p_series("", 1000) '' >>> p_series(0, 0) [] >>> p_series(1, 1) [1] """ if nth_term == "": return nth_term nth_term = int(nth_term) power = int(power) series = [] for temp in range(int(nth_term)): series.append(f"1/{pow(temp + 1, int(power))}" if series else 1) return series if __name__ == "__main__": nth_term = input("Enter the last number (nth term) of the P-Series") power = input("Enter the power for P-Series") print("Formula of P-Series => 1+1/2^p+1/3^p ..... 1/n^p") print(p_series(nth_term, power))