Abel's Lemma/Formulation 2

Lemma
Let $\sequence a$ and $\sequence b$ be sequences in an arbitrary ring $R$. Let $\ds A_n = \sum_{i \mathop = m}^n {a_i}$ be the partial sum of $\sequence a$ from $m$ to $n$.

Then:
 * $\ds \sum_{k \mathop = m}^n a_k b_k = \sum_{k \mathop = m}^{n - 1} A_k \paren {b_k - b_{k + 1} } + A_n b_n$

Note that although proved for the general ring, this result is usually applied to one of the conventional number fields $\Z, \Q, \R$ and $\C$.