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bugs - Problems with Displaying Output for Summation


Bug introduced in 10.2.0 or earlier and fixed in 10.4.0




Consider the following code.


ClearAll["Global`*"]
InactSum = Inactive[Sum]
InactInt = Inactive[Integrate]

A = InactInt[
Subscript[\[Phi], j][x] InactSum[
Subscript[a, i] Subscript[\[Phi], i][x], {i, 1, n}] , {x, a, b}]
B = InactInt[
InactSum[Subscript[a, i]
Subscript[\[Phi], i][x] Subscript[\[Phi], j][x], {i, 1, n}] , {x,
a, b}]
Interchange = InactInt[InactSum[p_, q_], r_] -> InactSum[InactInt[p, r], q];
A /. Interchange
B /. Interchange


I have introduced two expressions


$$\begin{align} A &= \int_{a}^{b} \phi_{j}(x) \left[ \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_i \phi_{i}(x) \right] dx \\ B &= \int_{a}^{b} \left[ \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_i \phi_{i}(x) \phi_{j}(x)\right] dx \end{align}$$


where in $A$, $\phi_{j}$ is outside the summation while in $B$ it is inside the summation. Technically, these are both the same. But when I was trying to write a transformation rule that interchanges the integration and summation, then I noticed that it just applies to $B$ and not to $A$. So, I understood that Mathematica understands the little difference between these two but


The Standard Output for Both is the Same!


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This prevents user from understanding the difference and it just shows itself when you want to apply the transformation rule.


I think this is a bug. In my opinion, the standard output for these two should be different. I would be happy to see what you think.



Answer



This is a bug I fixed in 10.4.0. Sorry for the inconvenience! To work around it in earlier versions, evaluate the following block of code:



InactiveDump`assembleInactiveSumProduct[{args_, disp_, interp_, char_,
tag_, tooltip_, fmt_}] :=
TemplateBox[args, tag, DisplayFunction -> Function[disp],
InterpretationFunction -> Function[interp], SyntaxForm -> char]

The SyntaxForm which specifies precedence for parenthesization was missing before 10.4.0.


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