Finite sums of infinite value

Question

If a sum of a finte number of terms is infinite, does that imply that at least one term in the finite sum is also infinite?

Answer 1

Consider $A = a_{1} + \cdots + a_{n}$. If $a_{1} , \ldots , a_{n}$ are all finite, define $$ \alpha = \max(|a_{1}| , \ldots , |a_{n}|). $$ Then, we have that $$ |A| = |a_{1} + \cdots + a_{n}| \leq |a_{1}| + \cdots + |a_{n}| \leq n \alpha, $$ so that $A$ is also finite.