learning Maxima



Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:

>On 5/2/05, Doug Stewart  wrote:
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>>In my attempt to learn Maxima I tried the following:
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>>(%i26) limit(sum(1/k,k,1,n),n,inf);
>>                                               n
>>                                             ====
>>                                               \     1
>>(%o26)                         limit     >    -
>>                                 n -> INF /     k
>>                                              ====
>>                                                k = 1
>>    
>>
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>Does the limit exist? I dont think the above sum converges as n tends
>to infinity. But I could be wrong.
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>raju
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Good point  -- I was thinking about the Maxima syntax not about the math :-)
But if it does not converge does this not mean that the limit is  inf?

Doug Stewart