If an infinite sum is absolutely convergent, its limit remains the same however the terms are permuted. Does a sequence of real numbers $(a_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ exist such that $\sum_n a_{\small P(n)}$ is the same for all permutations $P:\mathbb{N}\overset{\text{bijectively}}{\to}\mathbb{N}$, and such that $\sum_n |a_n|$ diverge?
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No. It has been asked before. See here. – uniquesolution Sep 20 '18 at 10:22
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No, if all the permuted series converge then the original series converges absolutely. – Kavi Rama Murthy Sep 20 '18 at 10:23
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Assuming that when you write “is the same” what you mean is “is the same real number”, then the answer is negative, by the Riemann rearrangement theorem.

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