A rearrangement of a series ∑n=1∞an\sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n is a new series of the form ∑n=1∞aσ(n)\sum_{n=1}^\infty a_{\sigma(n)}, where σ\sigma is a bijection of the positive integers.

For , every rearrangement converges to the same value (see ), while for the behavior can change drastically (see the ).

Examples
  • Any rearrangement of ∑n=0∞12n\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{1}{2^n} converges to the same sum.
  • Rearrangements of ∑n=1∞(−1)n−1n\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n} can converge to different sums, or even diverge, depending on the permutation.