a problem with summation

Hi friends I have some problem with calculating summation. there is a summation in following image. i have 'm' & all Fi for each i but p is variable and it is unknown. now i want to make a polynomial like A=8p^3+16p^4-p^5+... how it works in matlab?

Answer 1

[Aritra Sasmal]

You can create a symbolic variable

syms p

for m_indx=1:m

R_g(p)=R_g(p)+F_i*p^(m_indx-1)*(1-p)^m_indx;

end

Now you can do R_g(2) to find value for p=2.