Question on Nest[]
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- Subject: [mg15006] Question on Nest[]
- From: Wagner Truppel <wtruppel at uci.edu>
- Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 01:30:11 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Howdy,
I'm (still) trying to evaluate the sum
f[m_] := E^(-m) Sum[ m^i Sqrt[i] / i!, { i, 1.0, Infinity } ]
in an efficient way. I tried compiling this expression, but Mathematica
refused to compile i!. I then replaced i! by Gamma[i+1.0], but then I
get compilation errors due to the arbitrary precision nature of the
computation. Finally, I decided to try someting based on the identity:
Sum[ m^i Sqrt[i] / i!, { i, 1.0, n } ] = m/1 ( Sqrt[1] + m/2 ( Sqrt[2] +
m/3 ( Sqrt[3] + ... + Sqrt[n] ) ) ) )
So I tried
i = 0.0;
Expand[ Nest[ ( i++; m/i ( Sqrt[i] + # ) )&, 0, n ] ]
but it doesn't produce the correct polynomial in m. What am I missing??
Thanks in advance for any help.
Wagner
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