Re: Incorrect Summation
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- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:01:19 -0500 (EST)
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What did you type, exactly, for Wolfram|Alpha? I tried several "obvious" things, e.g.,
sum cos(log(log(k)))/log(k) for k from 2 to infinity
but WA was unable even to interpret it correct as asking for the sum of an infinite series.
On Dec 18, 2012, at 2:35 AM, amzoti <amzoti at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> can someone try this and see if it returns an incorrect result?
>
> Sum[Cos[Log[Log[k]]]/Log[k],{k,2,Infinity}]
>
> I tried it on WA and believe the result is incorrect.
>
> Thanks.
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