[Maxima] levin_u_transform
Michel Van den Bergh
michel.vandenbergh at uhasselt.be
Tue Dec 26 13:10:15 CST 2006
> I have one remaining problem. Whereas bflevin_u_sum(1/n^2,n,1) converges
> very quickly
> bflevin_u_sum(1/n^(201/100),n,1) does not converge at all. It would be
> nice if somebody could explain this to me.
I now undersand why that happens. If we sum a rational function then
the result of levin(s,k,n,beta,omega) is a rational number and hence
bfloat can compute it very accurately. Otherwise one must be much more
careful than I have been to estimate rounding errors. So for the moment
bflevin_u_sum works only reliably for rational functions. It should be
compared to sumninf which was posted earlier (which I can't run yet).
Regards,
Michel
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