Re: Sum
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- Subject: [mg55232] Re: [mg55175] Sum
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:29:08 -0500 (EST)
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>> If the result weren't infinite, that would be a good idea.
Oops, I take that back. It would almost always be a bad idea, so I don't know why Evaluate isn't automatic.
Bobby
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:10:40 -0600, DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com> wrote:
> 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:
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> x = Exp[-k]
> Sum[Evaluate@x, {k, 0, Infinity}]
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> E^(-k)
> E/(-1 + E)
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> Bobby
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> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 05:35:51 -0500 (EST), mjumbo <mjumbo at nm.ru> wrote:
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>> 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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