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Re: Is it possible to impose a condition on an iterator of

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  • Subject: [mg101548] Re: [mg101499] Is it possible to impose a condition on an iterator of
  • From: Adriano Pascoletti <adriano.pascoletti at dimi.uniud.it>
  • Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:42:10 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200907090552.BAA16854@smc.vnet.net>

In[6]:= r1 = Sum[a^2 - 3*(a/(4*a^2)), {a, {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17,
           18, 19, 20}}];


In[7]:= r2 = Sum[a^2 - 3*(a/(4*a^2)), {a, DeleteCases[Range[20],
           i_ /; i >= 6 && i <= 12]}];


In[8]:= r3 = Sum[If[a >= 6 && a <= 12, 0, a^2 - 3*(a/(4*a^2))], {a, 1,
20}];


In[9]:= r1 === r2 === r3
Out[9]= True


In[10]:= r1
Out[10]= 64135524211/28217280


Adriano Pascoletti

2009/7/9 Mauro <mauro at nonoyahoo.com>

> I would like to perform a summation of this type,
>
> Sum[a^2 - 3 a/(4 a^2), {a, 1, 20}]
>
> excluding however some values of the iteratore, I would for instance
> like to exclude the values than to greater of 6 and inferior to 12. Is
> it possible?
>
> Thanks
>
>


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