Question: sum(...)=0 but add(...) gives the correct answer

September 26 2012 by Søren Haagerup 0
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I have trouble with Maple's add-function. It is usually very good at manipulating my sums using Binomial coefficients, but Maple calculates outright wrong in this example, when using the sum-function:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22027008/maplePlay.mw

I would like to use Maple's features for reasoning about expressions (solve etc.), so the numerical add is not desirable. What to do?

 
bug numerical sum
 
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