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solving a series

Mar 12th, 2009

help needed to solve this series
E(x)=1-x^2/2!+x^3/3!-x^4/4!+x^5/5!+....................

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Re: solving a series

Mar 12th, 2009

Well it's almost like the series for exp(x), except the signs are alternating and it's missing the x^1 term and the x^0 term has the wrong sign. If consider the series you get for exp(-x), you should be close to the answer

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Re: solving a series

Mar 12th, 2009

I'm a newbie here but as much as i know, shouldnt this thread not be in C++? Its math, for heavens sake. Also, its wierd that someone has come asking for help with random math equations. Like a binomial theorem that goes on forever

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Re: solving a series

Mar 12th, 2009

Perhaps his real question is how can he compute the value of that series to a given figure amount using C++?

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Re: solving a series

Mar 12th, 2009

In that case, the right solution would still be to use the closed form expression

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Re: solving a series

Mar 13th, 2009

I missed a term in series.Really sorry. the actual series is

E(x)=1-x/1!+x^2/2!-x^3/3!+........................x^n/n!

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Re: solving a series

Mar 13th, 2009

This should get you pretty close. Each term has the form (-1^n)*((x^n)/n!) where 0! is defined as 1 and x^0 is also defined as 1. E(x) is the sum of the number of terms you want to use. You calculate the sum using a running total within a loop adding each term as it is calculated. Calculate each term by changing the form to: a *(b/c) and then calculate a, b and c before calculating the term. a, b, and c can each be calculated using loops. As an alternative a and b could be calculated using pow(). As a further alternative a could be calculated using an if statement and n % 2.

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Re: solving a series

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You want to calculate the n-term series and not the infinite series?

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Re: solving a series

Mar 13th, 2009

I wrote two simple C++-functions:
-> One wich raises a number x to the power of y ( apow(x, y); )
-> One which calculates the faculty of number x ( faculty(x); )

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long long faculty(long x)
{
    long long y = 1;
    y = 1;
 
    for(int i = 1; i < (x+1); i++)
        y = y * i;
 
    return y;
}
 
long double apow(float x, int y)
{
    long double result = 1;
    if(y == 0)
        return result;
 
    if(y < 0)
    {
        y = -y;
        for(int i = 0; i < y; i++)
            result = result * x;
        return 1/result;
    }
 
    for(int i = 0; i < y; i++)
        result = result * x;
 
    return result;
}
long long faculty(long x)
{
    long long y = 1;
    y = 1;

    for(int i = 1; i < (x+1); i++)
        y = y * i;

    return y;
}

long double apow(float x, int y)
{
    long double result = 1;
    if(y == 0)
        return result;

    if(y < 0)
    {
        y = -y;
        for(int i = 0; i < y; i++)
            result = result * x;
        return 1/result;
    }

    for(int i = 0; i < y; i++)
        result = result * x;

    return result;
}

And here's a full example where you can see these functions at work:

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#include <iostream>
 
long long faculty(long x);
long double apow(float x, int y);
 
using namespace std;
 
int main(void)
{
    long double answer;
    int x = 1;
 
    cout << "6! = " << faculty(6) << endl;
    cout << "10^2 = " << apow(10, 2) << endl;
    cout << "10^-2 = " << apow(10, -2) << endl;
    cout << "10^0 = " << apow(10, 0) << endl;
 
    return 0;
}
 
long long faculty(long x)
{
    long long y = 1;
    y = 1;
 
    for(int i = 1; i < (x+1); i++)
        y = y * i;
 
    return y;
}
 
long double apow(float x, int y)
{
    long double result = 1;
    if(y == 0)
        return result;
 
    if(y < 0)
    {
        y = -y;
        for(int i = 0; i < y; i++)
            result = result * x;
        return 1/result;
    }
 
    for(int i = 0; i < y; i++)
        result = result * x;
 
    return result;
}
#include <iostream>

long long faculty(long x);
long double apow(float x, int y);

using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    long double answer;
    int x = 1;

    cout << "6! = " << faculty(6) << endl;
    cout << "10^2 = " << apow(10, 2) << endl;
    cout << "10^-2 = " << apow(10, -2) << endl;
    cout << "10^0 = " << apow(10, 0) << endl;

    return 0;
}

long long faculty(long x)
{
    long long y = 1;
    y = 1;

    for(int i = 1; i < (x+1); i++)
        y = y * i;

    return y;
}

long double apow(float x, int y)
{
    long double result = 1;
    if(y == 0)
        return result;

    if(y < 0)
    {
        y = -y;
        for(int i = 0; i < y; i++)
            result = result * x;
        return 1/result;
    }

    for(int i = 0; i < y; i++)
        result = result * x;

    return result;
}