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25-Diamond I
March 16, 2023

@ValeryOchkov wrote:

What is more correct - Mathcad or Maple (SMath)

 

 


maple

24-Ruby IV
March 16, 2023

-4949 is correct too?

25-Diamond I
March 17, 2023

@ValeryOchkov wrote:

-4949 is correct too?


No! Here all these programs are not following the math definition of a sum.

There is a difference between a programmers loop and the sum symbol in mathematics.

In mathematics when the upper value is lower than the "start" value its called the "empty sum" and its value is zero!

Summation - Wikipedia