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Bug: Attempting to calculate a double sum crashes the CAS
12-07-2015, 10:06 PM (This post was last modified: 12-08-2015 07:33 AM by quinyu.)
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Bug: Attempting to calculate a double sum crashes the CAS
Calculating the following double sum causes a calculator crash:
   
While I understand that the closed form is nasty (involves the Psi function, plus the Euler-Mascheroni constant), the Prime could just say "no idea" instead of crashing. (Solution from Wolfram Alpha. TI nSpire CAS just returns the expression.)
   
This is Software Version 2015 6 17 (8151), HW ver C, CAS version 1.1.2-11, OS 0.037.526
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12-07-2015, 10:42 PM
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RE: Bug: Attempting to calculate a double sum crashes the CAS
HP 50g delivers a half-solution, giving
   
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12-07-2015, 10:54 PM
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RE: Bug: Attempting to calculate a double sum crashes the CAS
Does this work on Wolfram, Matlab, et al?
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12-07-2015, 11:42 PM (This post was last modified: 12-08-2015 07:34 AM by quinyu.)
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RE: Bug: Attempting to calculate a double sum crashes the CAS
Wolfram Alpha gives identical result. (Sorry, earlier I thought that Mathematica would too - no, see below.) Maple 18 gives:
    (some little editing to keep style consistent, and factor things a little)

MuPAD gives the same half-solution as the HP 50g. Matlab R2015a also.
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12-08-2015, 07:41 AM
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RE: Bug: Attempting to calculate a double sum crashes the CAS
Best sum that I could find with Mathematica 10.0 is:
    , where H_n is the nth harmonic number. This is the one I like the most, so far.
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