Symbolic Math Toolbox

Symbolic Summation

You can compute symbolic summations, when they exist, by using the symsum command. For example, the p-series

sums to , while the geometric series

sums to , provided . Three summations are demonstrated below:

• syms x k
  s1 = symsum(1/k^2,1,inf)
  s2 = symsum(x^k,k,0,inf)
  
  s1 =
   
  1/6*pi^2
  
  s2 =
   
  -1/(x-1)
  

Integration

Taylor Series