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- From: dhart@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Dave Hart)
- Subject: Re: sum(k from f(n) to g(n) of h(n,k))
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:40:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan4.155647.9643@iscsvax.uni.edu> kraai4712@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
- >Hello Symbolic Mathers!
- >
- >I was wondering which symbolic packages aren't afraid to evaluate,
- >symbolically, summations whose bounds are functions.
- >
- >Oh, and are any of those that meet the first criterion able to draw spheres
- >quickly?
- >
- >I know these two questions come together sooooo often.
-
- I don't know about your last assertion, or why you want to,
- but Maple does:
-
- e.g.,
- >f := n->n^2;
- >g := n->n^3;
- >h := (n,k)->1/(1+n+k);
- >subs( n=sqrt(2), sum( h(n,k), k=f(n)..g(n) ) );
-
- produces psi(2 + 3*sqrt(2)) - psi(3 + sqrt(2))
- [that's approximately .381872089]. [note that I don't claim
- that this is programming, much less "good"].
-
- "sphereplot" is a builtin function.
-