Re: how to simplify sums with constant subterms?
Stavros Macrakis <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 2:11 PM Daniel Volinski via Maxima-discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > > Why isn't "sum" additive and linear by default? > Two reasons: - Because infinite sums are only additive when they converge absolutely, and the user may substitute *inf* for *n* in *sum(..., i, 1, n)*. - The user may want to rearrange the summand, e.g., *sum(1/i-1/(i+1),...) => sum(1/(i^2+1),...)*. This also demonstrates the first point, as each term summed separately is divergent for the infinite sum. _______________________________________________ Maxima-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maxima-discuss