Sum of series in matlab using symsum

Question

I have the following series

I tried this code but it does not print the final result...instead gives a long line of numbers!

syms n
y = symsum(1         


        

Answer 1

how about dropping the loop and use this instead:

n=1:100
result = sum(1./sqrt(n))

>> result =

   18.5896

I'm not sure if you want to use the symbolic sum of series function in your case since you are only dealing with a simple function.