[R] How to do an infinite sum in R

[Jeff Newmiller]

You would need an infinite amount of time and an infinite amount of numerical precision, all to arrive at the conclusion that the answer is infinite. Or you could take a short cut:

ans <- Inf
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Simon Bolivar <xforstuff at gmail.com> wrote:

>I'm having trouble to do an infinite sum in R
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>I want to do the infinite sum of 1/(1+n)
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>how would I do this in R?
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>Thank You
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