binomial sum bug
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg82576] binomial sum bug
- From: "Jack Kennedy" <jack at realmode.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:06:34 -0400 (EDT)
In: Sum[Binomial[5,2k],{k,0,5}]
Out: 16
In: Sum[Binomial[n,2k],{k,0,n}] /. n->5
Out: -16
What the?
This has been addressed before [mg70486]
about a year ago and a work around was posted
but I have two questions:
1. Was it declared a bug by Wolfrram, and
2. In general does Wolfram issue bug fixes, and specifically is there
a patch for this problem?
$Version = 5.1 for Microsoft Windows (October 25, 2004)
Regards,
Jack Kennedy