Re: Simplify powerseries?

[Pantxo]

karl wrote
> Hi all,
> when I write 
> "makefact(powerseries((1-x)^(-n),x,0));"
> then I get this
>                                  inf
>                                  ====          i1  i1
>                                  \        (- 1)   x
>                         (1 - n)!  >     ---------------
>                                  /      i1! (- n - i1)!
>                                  ====
>                                  i1 = 0
> (%o1)                   -------------------------------
>                                      1 - n
> 
> I tried several things so that the (1-n) in the denominator gets
> cancelled,
> but to no avail.
> What to do?
> Thanks
> Karl

Hi,

I didn't find "makefact" function neither in octave-forge "symbolic" package
nor in "octsympy". Are you using Maxima (as the output suggests)? If so,
there must be a more appropriate place to get help than Octave help list.

Regards,

Pantxo 



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