
Matthew S. answered 04/16/20
PhD in Mathematics with extensive experience teaching Calculus
My take on this: in a geometric series, the powers of a fixed quantity- let's call it β- are summed.
You can make a power series by letting the thing that's being raised to powers vary. Maybe that's what you're talking about? And sure, Σ∞n=0 xn converges for x ∈ (0,1)
So yes, that's a special case of a power series. But power series are much more general- e.g., Taylor series