bug in Mathematica?
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- Subject: [mg122657] bug in Mathematica?
- From: "Hansruedi Widmer" <widmer at baden.ch>
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 06:03:54 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Everyone
The code
Sum[Binomial[m, j], {j, 1, m - 1}]
produces the correct value -2+2^m.
But the code
Product[Binomial[m, j], {j, 1, m - 1}]
creates the wrong value of zero. Does anyone have an explanation for why
this is happening?
Thanks and best regards
Hansrued Widmer
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