Re: Summation in Symbolic Math Toolbox

Alex wrote:
I understand how to implement a basic summation symbolically in MATLAB, but what if I have something of the form:

Sum_[k=1]^[n]Sum_[j=1 , j~=k]^[n] i^j

You probably mean k^j, not i^j, right?

I just need to know how to deal with the "j~=k" part when using the "symsum" command in the Symbolic Math Toolbox. Any help would be greatly appreciated :).

You've got at least three options, of which I find the first one the
least promising and the worst from an aesthetic point of view: You could
multiply the summand with (1-kroneckerDelta(j, k)), or use two sums, one
from 1 to k-1 and the other from k+1 to n, or sum away and subtract the
term for k=j (assuming it is, as in this case, a defined value). symsum
does not have a generic way of passing in conditions beyond the range to
use, I believe.


Christopher
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