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Re: Recursion problem in SymbolicSum

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• Subject: [mg60716] Re: [mg60693] Recursion problem in SymbolicSum
• From: <bsyehuda at gmail.com>
• Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 02:36:28 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
You have two options (I'm using Ver. 5.2 on WinXP)
1. Replace the 1.05 with an EXACT number, say, 105/100. You will get the
exact answer, and then use N to get the same result
2. Use NSum in place of Sum
regards
yehuda

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  • Recursion problem in SymbolicSum
    • From: djw1005@cus.cam.ac.uk (D.J. Wischik)