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Re: Multiple Sums in Mathematica

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  • Subject: [mg53713] Re: Multiple Sums in Mathematica
  • From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:37:39 -0500 (EST)
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On 1/23/05 at 2:02 AM, sbrandt at physics.wustl.edu (Sebastian Brandt)
wrote:

>I want to perform a nested sum, where the number of summations is
>not specified. I.e., I am looking for a way to implement the sum

>sum[ f, {i1, 1, M}, {i2, 1, M}, ..., {in, 1, M} ]

>Does anbody know how to do this for arbitrary n?

Put the iterators in a list and use Sequence. For example,

list = {{n, 1, 4}, {m, 2, 5}}; 
Sum[n + m, Evaluate[Sequence@@list]]
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