thanks Raymond,
Sorry, I should read up on the binomial series. I think I don't understand
how it differs from Taylor. All I know is this
> Expand
> (1-%theta/%mu)^-1
> as a Binomial series knowing %mu is a constant.
thanks anyway,
J.
2010/7/26 Raymond Toy <toy.raymond at gmail.com>
> On 7/26/10 12:47 PM, Julien Martin wrote:
> > Hello Raymond,
> >
> > I want to do the following:
> >
> > Expand
> > (1-%theta/%mu)^-1
> > as a Binomial series knowing %mu is a constant.
> >
> > Here is what I tried in Maxima:
> > (1-%theta/%mu)^-1;
> > taylor(%,%theta,0,10);
> >
> > You see, I don't understand about which point to expand given what I
> > want to do. What do you suggest I replace the third argument (i.e. 0)
> > with?
> I have to say I'm still confused. taylor produces
>
> 1+%theta/%mu+%theta^2/%mu^2+ ... %theta^10/%mu^10.
>
> What's wrong with that? Looks like a binomial series (truncated) to
> me. Did you want the binomial series in some other form? If so,
> perhaps you should tell us exactly what you wanted to get instead of
> letting us try to read your mind. My ESP hasn't been working for a very
> long time. :-)
>
> Ray
>
>