Simple Sum does not simplify
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg55472] Simple Sum does not simplify
- From: ali_tofigh at hotmail.com (Alix)
- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:48:14 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Here is a simple symbolic sum: Sum[n a[i] - Sum[a[j], {j, n}], {i, n}] This should simplify to 0, but it doesn't. Why and is there a way to get mathematica to work with these kind of sums? I'm using mathematica 5.0.