About Kronecker's delta symbol under a summation sign
Subject: About Kronecker's delta symbol under a summation sign
From: Christophe Pouzat
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:44:58 +0100
Dear List,
I apologize in advance for a potentially naive question, but I was not
able to find an answer by myself from the documentation and / or from
previous posts. So here it is:
When I type:
(%i5) sum(kron_delta(i,j),i, 1,N);
I would like to get the answer:
(%o5) 1
It is assumed here that N is an integer >= 1 and that j is also an
integer with 1 <= j <= N. I've tried to make Maxima "aware" of my
assumptions with:
(%i1) declare(N,integer)$
(%i2) assume(N >= 1)$
(%i3) declare(j, integer)$
(%i4) assume(j >= 1 and j <= N)$
But that does not seem to be enough...
Of course,
(%i6) sum(kron_delta(i,j),i,1,N), N=10, j=5;
works.
Thanks in advance for your time and help,
Christophe
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