Summation loop (sigma notation) help
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Please help! I am slowly but surely understanding Matlab, but struggle a bit every now and then. I am trying to make a summation loop out of:
a=1:100; n=2; sum_a=0.5; for ii=1:length(a); sum_a=sum_a + a(ii).^n; end display(sum_a);
The way i read it is that (a)^n + (a+a)^n + (a+a+a)^n....
Is this correct?
Many thanks :D
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Mischa Kim
2014-2-10
In your code
sum_a = 0.5;
for ii = 1:length(a)
sum_a = sum_a + a(ii).^n;
end
you initially set sum_a = 0.5. In the loop you then add a(ii).^n to the previously stored value of sum_a. In other words:
ii = 1: sum_a = 0.5 + 1^2 ... which equals 1.5
ii = 2: sum_a = 1.5 + 2^2 ... which equals 5.5
ii = 3: sum_a = 5.5 + 3^2 ... which equals 14.5
...
Iain
2014-2-10
If you want: (a)^n + (a+a)^n + (a+a+a)^n....
What you actually want is:
a = 0.5; % or whatever
sum = 0;
n = 2;
for i = 1:m % m being the limit
sum = sum + (i*a)^n
end
So, if m is 0, you get sum = 0, if m is 1, you get 0.25, if m is 2, sum = 1.25, m = 3, sum = 3.5, m = 4 sum = 7.5 ...
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