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#1 2016-07-07 18:01:46

harrorm
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Need explanation on a summation transformation

edit: nevermind figured it out!

Last edited by harrorm (2016-07-07 18:06:37)

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#2 2016-07-07 18:09:05

bobbym
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Re: Need explanation on a summation transformation

Hi;

For one thing expanding out the sum we get:

T(k)->T(1), T(2), T(3)...T(n-2), T(n-1)

T(n-k) -> T(n-1), T(n-2),...T(3), T(2), T(1)

If you do not see that then choose some value for n like 5  and manually do the summation term by term.


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#3 2016-07-07 18:19:10

harrorm
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Re: Need explanation on a summation transformation

Hi, yeah I figured out that one. Thanks though, but maybe you can explain this one?
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How did n - 1 become n - 2 and 2^i - 1 become 2^i?

Last edited by harrorm (2016-07-07 18:19:57)

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#4 2016-07-07 18:57:44

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Re: Need explanation on a summation transformation

It's just a re-indexing of the summation. To convince yourself, look at the first and last terms of both summations.

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