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    <title>MaplePrimes - comments on Post, MRB constant P</title>
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    <description>The latest comments added to the Post, MRB constant P</description>
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      <title>MaplePrimes - comments on Post, MRB constant P</title>
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      <title>beautiful how the maximum</title>
      <link>http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/125427-MRB-Constant-P?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:MRB constant P:Comments#comment125473</link>
      <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;We did let&amp;nbsp;s:=x-&amp;gt;&lt;img class="math" src="http://www.mapleprimes.com/MapleImage.ashx?f=29cd0b17583fd0d7341937f147e58510.gif" alt="evalf(sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. infinity))"&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think it is beautiful how the maximums of the partial sums of s(x) at n= 5, 7, 9, and 11 together with the sum are so separated! I think I will have more to say about the partial sums of s, f and g and how they compare with each other this weekend.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;plot([sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. 5), sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. 7), sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. 9), sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. 11), sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. infinity)], x = 1 .. 26, y = -150 .. 250)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="plot" src="http://www.mapleprimes.com/MapleImage.ashx?f=2a83bee86bc0fef1fa693672747a6091.gif" alt="plot([sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. 5), sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. 7), sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. 9), sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. 11), sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. infinity)], x = 1 .. 26, y = -150 .. 250)"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>
      <description>The latest comments added to the Post, MRB constant P</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:20:55 Z</pubDate>
      <itunes:author>Marvin Ray Burns</itunes:author>
      <author>Marvin Ray Burns</author>
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      <title>The partial sums of g and s do have a few</title>
      <link>http://www.mapleprimes.com/posts/125427-MRB-Constant-P?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:MRB constant P:Comments#comment125535</link>
      <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;We did let&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;g:=x-&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img class="math" src="http://www.mapleprimes.com/MapleImage.ashx?f=d0791b99ce84b8ced2fea7a4db7875be.gif" alt="evalf(sum((-1)^n*(n^(1/n)-x), n = 1 .. infinity))"&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;f:=x-&amp;gt;&lt;img class="math" src="http://www.mapleprimes.com/MapleImage.ashx?f=12608493e3c226a276eccebe53040304.gif" alt="evalf(sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-1), n = 1 .. infinity))"&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;s:=x-&amp;gt;&lt;img class="math" src="http://www.mapleprimes.com/MapleImage.ashx?f=29cd0b17583fd0d7341937f147e58510.gif" alt="evalf(sum((-1)^n*(n^(x/n)-x), n = 1 .. infinity))"&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;[Comment being edited.]&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://marvinrayburns.com"&gt;marvinrayburns.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>
      <description>The latest comments added to the Post, MRB constant P</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:51:38 Z</pubDate>
      <itunes:author>Marvin Ray Burns</itunes:author>
      <author>Marvin Ray Burns</author>
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