Re: Symbolic Formula
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- Subject: [mg106352] Re: Symbolic Formula
- From: magma <maderri2 at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:29:09 -0500 (EST)
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On Jan 8, 10:17 am, John <j... at lehigh.edu> wrote:
> Mathematica 6, Windows XP
>
> The left-hand-side of the equality appearing below is shorthand
> notation for the the probability that would be computed, if the right
> hand side was evaluated for specified values of n and p. The
> appearance of the equality is suitable for displaying in class on a
> projector.
>
> Grid[{{"P(X=j|n,p)=", Binomial[n, j] // TraditionalForm ,
> "\!\(\*SuperscriptBox[\"p\", \
> \"j\"]\)(1-p\!\(\*SuperscriptBox[\")\",
> RowBox[{\"n\", \"-\", \"j\"}]]\)"}}, Frame -> True,
> Spacings -> {.5, 2},
> ItemStyle -> Directive[FontFamily -> "Tahoma", Bold, 24]]
>
> The cumulative distribution function includes a summation sign on the
> right-hand-side of the equality, but the appearance of my attempts to
> insert the summation sign are not acceptable.
>
> Appearance matters because the equality is displayed on a projector
> and viewed by students in class.
>
> John
Perhaps something like this? (mathematically it is not correct, I just
show how to print the summation)
Grid[{{"P(X=j|n,p)=", Style["\!\(\*UnderoverscriptBox[\"\[Sum]\",
RowBox[{\"j\", \"=\", \"1\"}], \"n\"]\)", Italic, 32], Binomial[n, j],
p^j (1 - p)^(n - j)}}, Frame -> True, Spacings -> {.5, 2},
ItemStyle ->
Directive[FontFamily -> "Tahoma", Bold, 24]] // TraditionalForm