# Symbolics.jl sum

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbolics-jl-sum/136924>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [April 29, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbolics-jl-sum/136924 "2026-04-29T19:23:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcbritobr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jcbritobr/32/219275_2.png) [@jcbritobr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jcbritobr)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbolics-jl-sum/136924/1 "2026-04-29T19:23:09Z")

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Hello. Good evening.  
There is a sum function for **Symbolics.jl**? Like a sympy `sum(x^2, x, 1, n)`?

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**Author:** ![ChrisRackauckas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chrisrackauckas/32/77_2.png) [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/symbolics-jl-sum/136924/2 "2026-04-29T23:08:18Z")

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If you just call the Julia `sum` function it works. Built in functions on numbers are generally fine.