In sagemath version 9.1, the code
product(1-q^x, x, 1, N)
returned
-(-1)^N*product(q^x - 1, x, 1, N)
while the correct result ought to be
(-1)^N*product(q^x - 1, x, 1, N)
What went wrong? Where did this sign change come from?
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Sage symbolic math simplification error
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Sage symbolic math simplification error
In sagemath version 9.1, the code
product(1-q^x, x, 1, N)
returned
-(-1)^N*product(q^x - 1, x, 1, N)
while the correct result ought to be
(-1)^N*product(q^x - 1, x, 1, N)
What went wrong? Where did this sign change come from?
| | 3 | retagged |
Sage symbolic math simplification error
In sagemath version 9.1, the code
product(1-q^x, x, 1, N)
returned
-(-1)^N*product(q^x - 1, x, 1, N)
while the correct result ought to be
(-1)^N*product(q^x - 1, x, 1, N)
What went wrong? Where did this sign change come from?
