Re: How to Extract a common factor from a Sum
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- Subject: [mg13137] Re: How to Extract a common factor from a Sum
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.cc.uk>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 07:41:51 -0400
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Frank Loewenthal wrote in message <6mq9k4$2pi at smc.vnet.net>...
>Hi Folks
>
>I have a symbolical sum like
>
>expr = Sum[ a f[k], {k,1,N}] and I want to force Mathematica to write
>this as
>expr = a Sum[f[k], {k,1,N}]
>
>What ever I tried it did not work.
>Does anyone knows a solution?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Frank
>
Another variant:
factorOut =
Sum[expr_ a_,its__]/;
FreeQ[a, Alternatives@@First/@{its}]:>a Sum[expr, its]
Test
Sum[ a b f[k,l]g[k] z, {k,1,N},{l,1,M}]/.factorOut
a b z Sum[f[k, l] g[k], {k, 1, N}, {l, 1, M}]
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