Re: infuriating Series[] question
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- Subject: [mg17240] Re: [mg17226] infuriating Series[] question
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <kevinmccann at Home.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 02:34:34 -0400
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I get: 5^10/10! = 390625/145152 N[%] = 2.69114 I don't think that the above rational can be factored further, but I could be wrong. Maybe I misunderstood your question. Kevin > The whole point in using Mathematica is so that I don't have to calculate things > which look like 5^10 / 10! (that's factorial, of course, not me being > emphatic). > > Even when I try things like // Simplify or // FullSimplify, Mathematica refuses to > simplify these rational coefficients. One thing I've learned is that Mathematica > can do anything -- but figuring out how to do the something is often > completely not obvious to a nominal user like me. > This is a bit over the top (not to mention bad taste) don't you think? > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > http://landau.ucdavis.edu/psalzman psalzman at landau.ucdavis.edu > One world, one web, one program. -- Microsoft Ad Campaign > Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer. -- Nazi Ad Campaign > <=>+/\/-=Prevent world domination, Install Linux today!=-\/\+<=> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > The best way to accelerate a win95 system is at 9.81 m/s^2 > > >
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- From: Peter Jay Salzman <psalzman@landau.ucdavis.edu>
- infuriating Series[] question