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Re: bug in Sum?

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  • Subject: [mg38090] Re: [mg38062] bug in Sum?
  • From: Rob Pratt <rpratt at email.unc.edu>
  • Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 04:29:47 -0500 (EST)
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> In[3]:= Sum[Binomial[0,k],{k,0,n}]
>
> Out[3]= 0
>
> I disagree.  Should be If[n == 0, 1, 0].

Of course, I meant If[n >= 0, 1, 0].

Rob Pratt
Department of Operations Research
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

rpratt at email.unc.edu

http://www.unc.edu/~rpratt/



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