2019-05-15 19:52:41 +0200 received badge ● Nice Question (source) 2019-05-15 00:21:51 +0200 received badge ● Student (source) 2019-05-13 13:26:30 +0200 asked a question plotting complicated function I would like to approximate the sum $$h(a,x) = \frac{-2}{n} \sum_{n=0}^{n-1} log|T_a^n(x)|$$ where $n$ is large like $n= 1000 - 5000$ and for a fixed $a$ $$T_a(x) = \Big|\frac{1}{x}\Big| - \Big\lfloor{\Big|\frac{1}{x}\Big| - 1 +a}\Big\rfloor$$ where $x \in (0,1).$ By fixing $x$ to be a value $x_0 \in (0,1)$, e.g. $x_0 = 1/\pi$, $$h(a, x_0) = h(a, 1/\pi)$$ a function of one variable, and I want to plot a 2D graph of point $(a, h(a, 1/\pi))$, by fixing $n = 2000$, for $a \in [0,1].$ I figure how to calculate the value at one given $a$ using SageMath, for example, when $a = 1$, T(x) = 1/x - floor(1/x) s = 0 for k in xrange(0, 1000): a = 0 a = nest(T, k, 0.79) b = abs(a) c = log(b) s = s + c  Then $\frac{-2}{1000}s$ give the approximation for the sum when $x = 0.79$, $n = 1000$, $a = 1$. But for plotting, I think I need to define the function $h(a, x)$ which is a summation over composition of functions. I tried to use sum and symbolic_sum but failed. Any help how to achieve this please?