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How can I find the sum of a series of integers with powers eg, n^(n 1)?

asked 2016-09-30 23:56:26 +0100

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updated 2016-10-01 11:13:55 +0100

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I'm trying to find the sage code that will calculate the sum of 1^2 + 3^4 + 5^6....+107^108 and I'm totally stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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answered 2016-10-01 11:13:43 +0100

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This looks like homework. Here are some hints:

  • to create the list of the terms, search for list comprehension,
  • to get only odd numbers, note that the range function has a step option, so that you can jump 2 by 2,
  • then use the sum function to sum all elements of the list you obtained.

The result should start with 149 and end with 478.

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Super, thanks so much for your help.

SDawkins gravatar imageSDawkins ( 2016-10-01 22:36:00 +0100 )edit

^_^ .

tmonteil gravatar imagetmonteil ( 2016-10-01 22:38:06 +0100 )edit
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answered 2016-10-01 22:36:06 +0100

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sum([ i^(i+1) for i in [1, 3, 5..107] ])

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Amazing, i did not know that such ellipsis was able to guess the step !

tmonteil gravatar imagetmonteil ( 2016-10-01 22:39:00 +0100 )edit

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