Re: Evaluating a sum from terms generated by the Array function
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- Subject: [mg109513] Re: Evaluating a sum from terms generated by the Array function
- From: "M.Roellig" <markus.roellig at googlemail.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 06:10:25 -0400 (EDT)
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On 2 Mai, 11:35, davef <davidfrick2... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I want to evaluate a sum from a series I created using the Array
> function.
>
> For example; I specify
>
> Array[((-1)^(# + 1) (x)^#)/# ! &, 3, 1 ]
>
> which gives me the following 3 terms of output:
>
> {x, -(x^2/2), x^3/6}
>
> Can anyone tell if and how I can turn these 3 terms into a sum to be
> evaluated?
maybe Total ?
Total@Array[((-1)^(# + 1) (x)^#)/#! &, 3, 1]
x - x^2/2 + x^3/6
Markus