Re: Sum[n^(-n), {n, 1, Infinity}]
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- Subject: [mg93300] Re: [mg93276] Sum[n^(-n), {n, 1, Infinity}]
- From: Syd Geraghty <sydgeraghty at me.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:26:49 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Jack, (Hope the NSA computers do not pick that one up!!!)
In[102]= N[Sum[n^(-n), {n, 1, Infinity}]]
Out[102]= 1.29129
works fine on system config below. It may be a bug in 5.1 or try a new
kernel and notebook.
Cheers ... Syd
Syd Geraghty B.Sc, M.Sc.
sydgeraghty at mac.com
Mathematica 6.0.3 for Mac OS X x86 (64 - bit) (21st May, 2008)
MacOS X V 10.5.4
MacBook Pro 2.33 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM
On Nov 1, 2008, at 11:56 PM, Jack Kennedy wrote:
> Sum[n^(-n), {n, 1, Infinity}]
> Surely this sum converges (~ 1.29).Mathematica 5.1 says it's infinity.
> What's going on?
>
> Thanks,
> Jack
>
- References:
- Sum[n^(-n), {n, 1, Infinity}]
- From: "Jack Kennedy" <jack@realmode.com>
- Sum[n^(-n), {n, 1, Infinity}]