Sage showed "TypeError: need a summation variable" when i used sum function with for loop

terces907
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I try to make a summation list and the commands are below this:

sage: var('n')

sage: var('x')

sage: f = (2/n)*(sin(n*x)*(-1)^(n+1))

sage: funclist = [sum(f,n,1,20) for n in range(1,3)]

but i found an error message:

TypeError: need a summation variable

How to solve this problem?

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Luca
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Your last line is equivalent to

[sum(f,1,1,20), sum(f,2,1,20)]

For each of these, Sage complains that it doesn't know on which variable to sum on (x or n?).

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