Mathematica and infinite series
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- Subject: [mg113185] Mathematica and infinite series
- From: Sam Takoy <sam.takoy at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:06:03 -0400 (EDT)
Hi,
I am about to embark on a project that operates heavily in infinite
series, so I started figuring out Mathematica's basis capabilities. I
found them very impressive, but I came across this:
f[x_] := Sum[Log[n]/(n^2 Factorial[n]) x^n, {n, 1, Infinity}]
Assuming[n > 0, SeriesCoefficient[f[x], {x, 0, 4}]]
Answer:
SeriesCoefficient[\!\(
\*UnderoverscriptBox[\(\[Sum]\), \(n = 1\), \(\[Infinity]\)]
\*FractionBox[\(
\*SuperscriptBox[\(x\), \(n\)]\ Log[n]\), \(
\*SuperscriptBox[\(n\), \(2\)]\ \(n!\)\)]\), {x, 0, 4}]
Why doesn't Mathematica produce Log[n]/(n^2 Factorial[n]) as the answer?
Thanks!
Sam