Sum function evaluation problem



Just a general note -- when simplifying sums, instead of the simpsum flag,
my advice is to use the simplify_sum function (in the share
package of the same name) since simplify_sum subsumes simpsum
and several more powerful methods.

HTH

Robert Dodier

On 4/6/11, Raymond Toy <toy.raymond at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "David" == David Billinghurst <dbmaxima at gmail.com> writes:
>
>     David> On 6/04/2011 10:13 PM, Raymond Toy wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>     >>
>     >> I hope I got that all right.
>     >>
>     David> You could also try the levin package to accelerate the
>     David> convergence.  This is not documented in the manual.  You
>     David> will need to look at the files in share/contrib/levin/ for
>     David> more information. See
>     David>
> http://maxima.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/maxima/maxima/share/contrib/levin/
>
> Hey, that's pretty cool.  Didn't even know that existed.
>
> Ray
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