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Re: Expressions with ellipsis (...)

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  • Subject: [mg93032] Re: Expressions with ellipsis (...)
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:30:39 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Uni Leipzig
  • References: <gdmsbd$jv$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de

Hi,

write it in a syntax that Mathematica understand, i.e.,

Limit[Sum[k^2, {k, 1, n}]/n^3, n -> Infinity]

??

Regards
   Jens

dch888 wrote:
> Hi Mathematica Friends,
> 
> I want to do this:
> 
> Limit[(n^2 + (n - 1)^2 + (n - 2)^2 + ... + 1)/n^3, n -> Infinity]
> 
> But Mathematica barfs:
> 
>      expression cannot be followed by "...".
> 
> Searching the help for 'ellipsis' gives me the Unicode 2026 character
> (i.e. ...).
> 
> How can I get Mathematica to eval this limit?
> 
> Thanks,
> David.
> 
> 


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