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function within sum or product term

asked 2021-02-03 23:59:22 +0100

Thrash gravatar image

updated 2021-02-03 23:59:32 +0100

If I have a normal product, everything works well:

sage: product(x,x,2,3)                                                          
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But if I have a function inside the product term, I get a value error:

sage: product(nth_prime(x),x,2,3)
ValueError: cannot convert x to int

sage: product(nth_prime(ZZ(x)),x,2,3)
TypeError: unable to convert x to an integer

The output should be

sage: nth_prime(2)*nth_prime(3)                                                 
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answered 2021-02-04 00:10:19 +0100

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updated 2021-02-04 23:03:29 +0100

The problem is that product is the symbolic product, but nth_prime cannot take a symbolic argument.

One could open a ticket to make nth_prime accept symbolic arguments.

Or use prod and a generator with comprehension syntax:

sage: prod(nth_prime(x) for x in (2 .. 3))
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