#12410: divergent alternating sum gives finite result
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Reporter: dkrenn | Owner: burcin
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-5.0
Component: calculus | Keywords: alternating sum divergent result
Work_issues: | Upstream: Reported upstream. Little or no
feedback.
Reviewer: | Author:
Merged: | Dependencies:
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Changes (by kcrisman):
* upstream: Not yet reported upstream; Will do shortly. => Reported
upstream. Little or no feedback.
Comment:
And unfortunately
{{{
(%i5) simplify_sum(sum((-1)^n/n,n,0,inf));
(%o5) - log(2)
}}}
though it shouldn't make a difference in any case.
This is now
[https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3482792&group_id=4933&atid=104933
Maxima bug artifact 3482792].
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