Summation, Please help i will buy you a cookie :D

2014 2 11
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I thought i had figured out summation, but apparent not :( I have a text book question that asks " evaluate series Σ Un (to infinity, with n=1) and Un is not known." The book gives you Un+1 = (Un)^2 with U1 = 0.5. Stop summation at Un < 10^-8 My code i wrote myself is
n = 2;
v = 10^-10
for ii = 0.5:length(v);
sum= (ii)^n;
end;
disp(sum)
Why does it not work....please help! :D

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Kevin Claytor
Kevin Claytor 2014-2-11

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Let's break it down into some steps. First consider the problem for a moment;
We have the series U(n+1) = U(n)^2, U(1) = 0.5
By hand we can tell that the next few terms in the series are; U(2) = .5*.5 = 0.25, U(3) = .25*.25 = 0.0625, U(4) ~= 0.0039, ...
Here's a question for you: How can we get these numerically? Can you give me a for-loop that computes each of these?
Now, the next condition is deciding when to stop. Since we are computing the sum, we are going to stop when we end up adding very small terms. Hence we'll get an approximate answer. We've decided that this will be when U(n) < 10^(-8). Perhaps we can check this condition with an if or a while statement? Can you give an example of one of these?
If you can implement these two parts, I think you will see the answer.

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson 2014-2-11
For this, the poster will give you a cookie recipe ;-)
S Weinberg
S Weinberg 2014-2-12
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Thanks i did work figure out the first few terms as you have said and tried to work out the ratio of the sum. Thus i was going to use the ratio in sum to infinity, but the Un+1/Un keeps changing in ration when substituting new terms in (i.e. terms 2 and 1, then 3 and 2 etc.)..let me have another look and struggle till late in the morning again :(
None-the-less you deserve a cookie Kevin, what flavour do you like? :D

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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek 2014-2-11

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Have you checked the length of v?
Don't use sum as variable (sum is a Matlab built-in function)
When you write
a=10
a=20
a=1
What is the final result?

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S Weinberg
S Weinberg 2014-2-11
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I changed it a bit and removed sum from loop as
n = 2;
v = 1/10^8;
for ii = 0.5:length(v);
end;
sum = (ii)^n;
disp(sum)
the answer came out as 0.2500 and is supposed to be 0.81642
:(
Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek 2014-2-11
编辑：Azzi Abdelmalek 2014-2-11
Have you checked the length of v?
Don't use sum as variable (sum is a Matlab built-in function)
What your for loop is doing?
S Weinberg
S Weinberg 2014-2-12
Ok, i am going to go back and check this sum again, i think your help has been awesome thanks :D

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