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Re: computation and summation is hard [question]
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Oliver Heimlich |
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Re: computation and summation is hard [question] |
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Sun, 08 Nov 2015 11:54:57 +0100 |
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On 08.11.2015 11:48, Jonathan Camilleri wrote:
> I am trying to use Octave <http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/> to
> compute some basic computational algorithms, and, might need a ride on
> someone's back if you do not mind:
>
> f = @(x) nchoosek(5,x)*0.1.^x*0.9.^(5-x)
> f =
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> @(x) nchoosek (5, x) * 0.1 .^ x * 0.9 .^ (5 - x)
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>>> sum(f([0:5]))
> error: Invalid call to nchoosek. Correct usage is:
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> -- Function File: C = nchoosek (N, K)
> -- Function File: C = nchoosek (SET, K)
Jonathan,
the function nchoosek seems to allow no evaluation for vectors of K. Use
the function bincoeff instead. Also you might want to use the “.*”
operator instead of “*”.
f = @(x) bincoeff(5,x).*0.1.^x.*0.9.^(5-x)
Best regards
Oliver