def test_evalf_sum(): assert Sum(n,(n,1,2)).evalf() == 3. assert Sum(n,(n,1,2)).doit().evalf() == 3. # the next test should return instantly assert Sum(1/n,(n,1,2)).evalf() == 1.5 # issue 8219 assert Sum(E/factorial(n), (n, 0, oo)).evalf() == (E*E).evalf() # issue 8254 assert Sum(2**n*n/factorial(n), (n, 0, oo)).evalf() == (2*E*E).evalf() # issue 8411 s = Sum(1/x**2, (x, 100, oo)) assert s.n() == s.doit().n()
def test_karr_convention(): # Test the Karr summation convention that we want to hold. # See his paper "Summation in Finite Terms" for a detailed # reasoning why we really want exactly this definition. # The convention is described on page 309 and essentially # in section 1.4, definition 3: # # \sum_{m <= i < n} f(i) 'has the obvious meaning' for m < n # \sum_{m <= i < n} f(i) = 0 for m = n # \sum_{m <= i < n} f(i) = - \sum_{n <= i < m} f(i) for m > n # # It is important to note that he defines all sums with # the upper limit being *exclusive*. # In contrast, sympy and the usual mathematical notation has: # # sum_{i = a}^b f(i) = f(a) + f(a+1) + ... + f(b-1) + f(b) # # with the upper limit *inclusive*. So translating between # the two we find that: # # \sum_{m <= i < n} f(i) = \sum_{i = m}^{n-1} f(i) # # where we intentionally used two different ways to typeset the # sum and its limits. i = Symbol("i", integer=True) k = Symbol("k", integer=True) j = Symbol("j", integer=True) # A simple example with a concrete summand and symbolic limits. # The normal sum: m = k and n = k + j and therefore m < n: m = k n = k + j a = m b = n - 1 S1 = Sum(i**2, (i, a, b)).doit() # The reversed sum: m = k + j and n = k and therefore m > n: m = k + j n = k a = m b = n - 1 S2 = Sum(i**2, (i, a, b)).doit() assert simplify(S1 + S2) == 0 # Test the empty sum: m = k and n = k and therefore m = n: m = k n = k a = m b = n - 1 Sz = Sum(i**2, (i, a, b)).doit() assert Sz == 0 # Another example this time with an unspecified summand and # numeric limits. (We can not do both tests in the same example.) f = Function("f") # The normal sum with m < n: m = 2 n = 11 a = m b = n - 1 S1 = Sum(f(i), (i, a, b)).doit() # The reversed sum with m > n: m = 11 n = 2 a = m b = n - 1 S2 = Sum(f(i), (i, a, b)).doit() assert simplify(S1 + S2) == 0 # Test the empty sum with m = n: m = 5 n = 5 a = m b = n - 1 Sz = Sum(f(i), (i, a, b)).doit() assert Sz == 0 e = Piecewise((exp(-i), Mod(i, 2) > 0), (0, True)) s = Sum(e, (i, 0, 11)) assert s.n(3) == s.doit().n(3)