Timeline for How can I simplify this sum any further?
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| Nov 17, 2019 at 19:19 | comment | added | RobPratt | Right, I didn't complete the computation for $a=3$ and instead gave a result for general $a$ in terms of the square of a finite sum of exponentials. | |
| Nov 17, 2019 at 19:17 | comment | added | Ivan Meir | @RobPratt No but your answer was not a finite expression for the sum in question in terms of exponential functions which was the case for a=1 and a=2 in the OP's question. | |
| Nov 17, 2019 at 19:05 | comment | added | RobPratt | "Actually the true...": Are you suggesting that something is untrue in my solution? I did a sanity check via WolframAlpha that your double sum matches my square of a sum for $a=3$.. | |
| Nov 17, 2019 at 18:38 | history | answered | Ivan Meir | CC BY-SA 4.0 |