Re: Please help

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 28 August 2011 10:29,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hw do I put in the series with
> 1-(1/3)+(1/5)-(1/7)+(1/9)-...+(1/1001) I dnt knw hw 2 put the
> dots.it says syntax error

Try:

    n = 1001;
    x = sum( (-1).^([1:(n+1)/2]+1)./[1:2:n])

> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

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HTH,
- Jordi G. H.