Re: How to Extract a common factor from a Sum
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- Subject: [mg12986] Re: How to Extract a common factor from a Sum
- From: Tobias Oed <tobias at physics.odu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 02:52:09 -0400
- Organization: Old Dominion University
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Frank Loewenthal wrote: > Hi Folks > > I have a symbolical sum like > > expr = Sum[ a f[k], {k,1,N}] and I want to force Mathematica to write > this as > expr = a Sum[f[k], {k,1,N}] > > What ever I tried it did not work. > Does anyone knows a solution? > > Thanks in advance > > Frank How about In[1]:= Unprotect[Sum] Out[1]= {Sum} In[2]:= Sum[a_ b__,{k_,i__}] /; FreeQ[a,k] := a Sum[b,{k,i}] In[3]:= Protect[Sum] Out[3]= {Sum} In[4]:= Sum[ a f[k], {k,1,N}] Out[4]= a Sum[f[k], {k, 1, N}] Tobias