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[fiberoptik]

Hello again people, i've had another disappointment with CP.
When i try to calculate sum(1/x^2, x, 1, oo) CP does nothing (returns the expression in symbolic form). I think it can only calculate sums with 200 steps, because if i write sum(1/x^2,x,500,700) it calculates. My disappointment is that i've been playing with a Voyage 200, and it calculates sum(1/x^2,x,1,oo), and also calculates sum(1/x^2,x,1,200) much faster than CP (strange, if CP processor is faster than TI). By the way the result of sum(1/x^2,x,1,oo) is 1.6...(don't remember the rest). It's a Dirichlet serie (sum 1/x^n, if n>1 the serie is convergent).
I also tried in the CP manager with no results.

Is it possible that the new OS has improvements in the CAS engine ?

I'll be waiting your comments

[Overlord]

(the result of the sum is pi?/6)

do you know how does the v200 calculate the sum (1->inf) ? and what's the result when you sum (1/x,x,1,inf) ?

don't know about the new os...

[fiberoptik]

Overlord, sum(1/x,x,1,inf) is divergent, don't have result.
Is i said, 1/x^n is a Dirichlet serie, if n>1 the serie is convergent, if n<=1 the serie is divergent. I don't know how the v200 calculate the sum.
Thanks for your answer

fiberoptik

[Overlord]

i know it's divergent (i have analysis exam in 22 days, arghhh ), i just wanted to know the calc answer

[fiberoptik]

I also will have Analysis exam is more or less 20 days...
As for the serie, i suppose the calc answer is impossible or something like it...

[fiberoptik]

I've tried with Derive (Texas software) and the result of Sum(1/x,x,1,inf) is inf.

Regards

fiberoptik

[SoftCalc]

It looks like this has been improved and now works. Now sum(1/x^2, x, 1, oo) --> pi?/6.

Unfortunately I don't know if this improvement was made for the upcoming OS 2.0 or after that. If it was done after then you'll have to wait until the release after 2.0.

[fiberoptik]

Thanks SoftCalc, i'm very pleased to know that. Does that mean that it can calculate sums with more than 200 steps ?

Best regards

fiberoptik

[SoftCalc]

Thanks SoftCalc, i'm very pleased to know that. Does that mean that it can calculate sums with more than 200 steps ?

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In infinite sum is different than a sum with a large number of steps. I don't know if the 200 step limit has been changed or not. You can always doe more than 200 steps in a piecewise function.

What type of problem are you trying to solve that uses more than 200 steps? I think the assumption is the CAS returns a symbolic solution so more than 200 steps would normally create a symbolic expression that is way to big. Even if it is a numeric result it can become huge if there are any nested radicals. The only exceptions I can think of are cases where the result doesn't have any radicals or if you are in approx (floating point) mode. Maybe in this case it should solve more than 200 steps if the result will be purely numeric.

[fiberoptik]

Once again Softcalc, thank you for your answer. The Piecewise function is a good idea in fact.
I suppose that the TI calc use some kind of theoretical result to calculate sums to inf, maybe that's why it could return the result.
In fact i'm not trying to calculate nothing, i was only comparing some results of my Analysis class, and because CP couldn't calculate sums to inf, i tried to decrease the steps. Anyway, even if i don't need it, is good to know it is there.
I only tried sum(1/x^2,x,1,n) wich is a numerical result., when i put n=250 or 300, CP returns the symbolic form of sum(1/x^2,x,1,n).

Regards

fiberoptik

[Overlord]

on the cp manager : when i try with n=250 : no problem, it displays the numerical result (in decimal mode)
n=251 no problem
n=256=2^8 no problem
n=257 returns the symbolic form