Re: Simplify powerseries?

[karl]

Am 05.01.2015 um 11:55 schrieb Pantxo:
> karl wrote
> > Hi all,
> > when I write
> > "makefact(powerseries((1-x)^(-n),x,0));"
> > then I get this
> >                                   inf
> >                                   ====          i1  i1
> >                                   \        (- 1)   x
> >                          (1 - n)!  >     ---------------
> >                                   /      i1! (- n - i1)!
> >                                   ====
> >                                   i1 = 0
> > (%o1)                   -------------------------------
> >                                       1 - n
> >
> > I tried several things so that the (1-n) in the denominator gets
> > cancelled,
> > but to no avail.
> > What to do?
> > Thanks
> > Karl
> Hi,
>
> I didn't find "makefact" function neither in octave-forge "symbolic" package
> nor in "octsympy". Are you using Maxima (as the output suggests)? If so,
> there must be a more appropriate place to get help than Octave help list.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pantxo
>
>
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Sorry, the message was to wrong list. It should be posted to the maxima help 
list.
Please excuse, I am getting old ;-).