How to multiply this series: $$(\sum_{t=-\infty}^{\infty}a_{t})(\sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty}b_{k})$$
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It's not a problem to multiply the series: the product is $\sum_{(t,k)\in\mathbb Z^2} a_tb_k$. The question is how to sum the double series that we have. For series with nonnegative terms summation is not a problem either: we take the supremum of all finite sums. And since any finite sum is contained in a sufficiently large square, it follows that $\sum_{(t,k)\in\mathbb Z^2} |a_tb_k|$ is finite whenever $\sum_{t\in\mathbb Z} |a_t|$ and $\sum_{k\in\mathbb Z} |b_k|$ are. In general, $\sum_{(t,k)\in\mathbb Z^2} a_tb_k=S$ if for any $\epsilon>0$ there is a finite subset $A\subset \mathbb Z^2$ such that $|\sum_{(t,k)\in B}a_tb_k - S|<\epsilon$ whenever $B$ is finite and $B\supset A$. Now if both given series converge absolutely, then the contribution from outside of a large square is small, and it follows that $S$ is the product of two sums. |
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