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More gaussian integration bugs

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  • Subject: More gaussian integration bugs
  • From: lsf at holmes.astro.nwu.edu (Sam Finn)
  • Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 18:24:39 CDT

Mathematica version 2.0.4.5

The following integral is incorrect. The sign of the result is a clear
tip-off; moreover, it is a tabulated integral and can be found in
Gradshteyn & Ryzhik (3.462 4).


Mathematica 2.0 for SPARC
Copyright 1988-91 Wolfram Research, Inc.
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In[1]:= Integrate[x Exp[-(x-1)^2] , {x, -Infinity, Infinity}]

                                         3  3
        -(2 E Sqrt[Pi] + HypergeometricU[-, -, 1])
                                         2  2
Out[1]= ------------------------------------------
                           2 E

In[2]:= N[%]

Out[2]= -1.86153

In[3]:= $Version

Out[3]= SPARC 2.0 (November 9, 1991)

In[4]:= 






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