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Accumulate

Accumulate[list]
gives a list of the successive accumulated totals of elements in list.

Details and OptionsDetails and Options

  • If list has length n, then Accumulate[list] will have the same length.
  • Accumulate[list] is effectively equivalent to Rest[FoldList[Plus, 0, list]].
  • Accumulate[list, Method->"CompensatedSummation"] uses compensated summation to reduce numerical error in the result.
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