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### summing over a list of variables?

Hi all,

I'm new to SAGE (I'm trying to move over from Mathematica), and I was wondering if someone could help me define the following function:

r_k(x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4) = \left( \sum_{i=k+1}^{4} x_i^2 \right)^{1/2}

(sorry for the LaTeX code, I figure it's the most neutral markup here).

I figured I could do something like:

var('k,j', domain=NN)
x = [var('x_{index}'.format(index=i)) for i in range(4)]
r(k,x) = sqrt( sum( x[j]^2, j, k, 3 ) )

But this returns the error:

TypeError: unable to convert x (=j) to an integer

Worse yet, when I enter sage:x, it returns x, and forgets x was a list of variables. And to complicate things, when I try

y = [1,2,3]
sum( y[j], j, 0, 1)

I get the error

TypeError: unable to convert x (=j) to an integer

even after I do "clear_vars()" and try everything all over again.

Can anyone tell me what's going on?

### summing over a list of variables?

Hi all,

I'm new to SAGE (I'm trying to move over from Mathematica), and I was wondering if someone could help me define the following function:

$$r_k(x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4) = \left( \sum_{i=k+1}^{4} x_i^2 \right)^{1/2} (sorry for the LaTeX code, I figure it's the most neutral markup here). \right)^{1/2}$$

I figured I could do something like:

var('k,j', domain=NN)
x = [var('x_{index}'.format(index=i)) for i in range(4)]
r(k,x) = sqrt( sum( x[j]^2, j, k, 3 ) )

But this returns the error:

TypeError: unable to convert x (=j) to an integer

Worse yet, when I enter sage:x, it returns x, and forgets x was a list of variables. And to complicate things, when I try

y = [1,2,3]
sum( y[j], j, 0, 1)

I get the error

TypeError: unable to convert x (=j) to an integer

even after I do "clear_vars()" and try everything all over again.

Can anyone tell me what's going on?