#10273: Maxima returns wrong value for sum(binomial(j,k),j,k,n)
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Reporter: jpflori | Owner: burcin
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: symbolics | Keywords:
Author: | Upstream: Fixed upstream, in a later stable
release.
Reviewer: | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Changes (by jpflori):
* upstream: N/A => Fixed upstream, in a later stable release.
Comment:
I just tested it with Maxima 5.22.1 and Ecl from #10187 and the result is
now correct.
So updating to that version will fix this problem.
{{{
sage: maxima_console()
;;; Loading #P"/home/jp/boulot/sage/sage-4.6/local/lib/ecl/sb-bsd-
sockets.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/home/jp/boulot/sage/sage-4.6/local/lib/ecl/sockets.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/home/jp/boulot/sage/sage-4.6/local/lib/ecl/defsystem.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/home/jp/boulot/sage/sage-4.6/local/lib/ecl/cmp.fas"
;;; Loading #P"/home/jp/boulot/sage/sage-4.6/local/lib/ecl/sysfun.lsp"
Maxima 5.22.1 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp ECL 10.4.1
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
(%i1) load("simplify_sum");
(%o1)
/home/jp/boulot/sage/sage-4.6/local/share/maxima/5.22.1/share/contrib/so\
lve_rec/simplify_sum.mac
(%i2) sum(binomial(j,k),j,k,n);
n
====
\
(%o2) > binomial(j, k)
/
====
j = k
(%i3) simplify_sum(%);
(%o3) binomial(n + 1, k + 1)
(%i4) sum(binomial(j,k),j,0,n);
n
====
\
(%o4) > binomial(j, k)
/
====
j = 0
(%i5) simplify_sum(%);
(%o5) binomial(n + 1, k + 1) - binomial(0, k + 1)
sage: x,y,z=var('x,y,z')
sage: i,j,k,n,m,d=var('i,j,k,n,m,d')
sage: sum(binomial(j,k),j,k,n)
binomial(n + 1, k + 1)
}}}
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