Re: Sum
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- Subject: [mg55231] Re: [mg55175] Sum
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:29:03 -0500 (EST)
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Sum tried to simplify BEFORE substituting the value of x. If the result weren't infinite, that would be a good idea. But in this case, it's not. But there's a simple fix:
x = Exp[-k]
Sum[Evaluate@x, {k, 0, Infinity}]
E^(-k)
E/(-1 + E)
Bobby
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 05:35:51 -0500 (EST), mjumbo <mjumbo at nm.ru> wrote:
> Can sombody explain me why
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> Sum[Exp[- k], {k, 0, Infinity}]
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> gives the correct result, while the following (imho equivalent) statements
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> x = Exp[-k]
> Sum[x, {k, 0, Infinity}]
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> don't? What should I do to make it work? It is rather vexing to copy/paste long expressions instead of using short placeholders like x.
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