that is the output I was expecting, but it is not the input I gave. Obviously, 1/x - 1/(x+1) = 1/(x*(x+1))
but, if the right hand side can be done why the left hand side can't? This is the bug I was talking about... On 10 nov, 19:51, "Mike Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:36 PM, cesarnda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually this sum can't be done by Maxima, but Derive can do it (even > > an old version of derive). do you have an idea of how this problem is > > planning to be solved? > > Is this the answer you were expecting? > > (%i6) load(simplify_sum); > (%o6) > > /opt/sage/local/share/maxima/5.16.3/share/contrib/solve_rec/simplify_sum.ma c > (%i7) simplify_sum(sum(1/(x*(x+1)),x,1,inf)); > (%o7) 1 > > --Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
