Re: [R] A Math question

2011-02-16 Thread rex.dwyer
t: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 12:46 PM To: Kjetil Halvorsen Cc: r-help@r-project.org; r-help-boun...@r-project.org; Maithula Chandrashekhar Subject: Re: [R] A Math question Kjetil et al, Unlike finite sums, infinite sums are not commutative. To have commutativity, one must have absolute summability, that i

Re: [R] A Math question

2011-02-16 Thread JLucke
. peter dalgaard Sent by: r-help-boun...@r-project.org 02/15/2011 11:53 AM To David Winsemius cc r-help@r-project.org, Kjetil Halvorsen , Maithula Chandrashekhar Subject Re: [R] A Math question On Feb 15, 2011, at 15:17 , David Winsemius wrote: > > On Feb 14, 2011, at 7:33 PM,

Re: [R] A Math question

2011-02-15 Thread JLucke
o the unique sum is undefined; otherwise the sum depends on the order of addition. Joe David Winsemius Sent by: r-help-boun...@r-project.org 02/15/2011 09:17 AM To Kjetil Halvorsen cc r-help@r-project.org, Maithula Chandrashekhar Subject Re: [R] A Math question On Feb 14, 2011, at 7:

Re: [R] A Math question

2011-02-15 Thread peter dalgaard
On Feb 15, 2011, at 15:17 , David Winsemius wrote: > > On Feb 14, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote: > >> or even better: >> >> http://mathoverflow.net/ > > I beg to differ. That is designated in its FAQ as expecting "research level > questions", while the forum I offered is labeled a

Re: [R] A Math question

2011-02-15 Thread David Winsemius
On Feb 14, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote: or even better: http://mathoverflow.net/ I beg to differ. That is designated in its FAQ as expecting "research level questions", while the forum I offered is labeled as "Welcome to Q&A for people studying math at any level and professi

Re: [R] A Math question

2011-02-15 Thread Ted Harding
On 15-Feb-11 05:59:14, Steve Lianoglou wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Maithula Chandrashekhar > wrote: >> Dear all, I admit this is not anything to do R and even with >> Statistics perhaps. Strictly speaking this is a math related question. >> However I have some reasonable feeling that

Re: [R] A Math question

2011-02-14 Thread Steve Lianoglou
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Maithula Chandrashekhar wrote: > Dear all, I admit this is not anything to do R and even with > Statistics perhaps. Strictly speaking this is a math related question. > However I have some reasonable feeling that experts here would come up > with some elegant sugge

Re: [R] A Math question

2011-02-14 Thread Tsjerk Wassenaar
Also, googling around one will find the question has been asked (and answered) already: http://ask.metafilter.com/25060/Whats-the-sum-of-all-integers Cheers, Tsjerk On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:33 AM, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote: > or even better: > > http://mathoverflow.net/ > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011

Re: [R] A Math question

2011-02-14 Thread Kjetil Halvorsen
or even better: http://mathoverflow.net/ On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:02 PM, David Winsemius wrote: > > On Feb 13, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Maithula Chandrashekhar wrote: > >> Dear all, I admit this is not anything to do R and even with >> Statistics perhaps. Strictly speaking this is a math related quest

Re: [R] A Math question

2011-02-13 Thread David Winsemius
On Feb 13, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Maithula Chandrashekhar wrote: Dear all, I admit this is not anything to do R and even with Statistics perhaps. Strictly speaking this is a math related question. However I have some reasonable feeling that experts here would come up with some elegant suggestion to

[R] A Math question

2011-02-13 Thread Maithula Chandrashekhar
Dear all, I admit this is not anything to do R and even with Statistics perhaps. Strictly speaking this is a math related question. However I have some reasonable feeling that experts here would come up with some elegant suggestion to my question. Here my question is: What is sum of all Integers?