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Negative Area

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  • Subject: [mg213] Negative Area
  • From: "Roger M. Jones" <rmj at LLEWELYN.SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 10:55:24 -0800

Dear Users,

On integrating a +ve function (A>B) I obtain a -ve 

function.  Would you consider this to be a bug?

In[347]:=
Integrate[1/(A+B Cos[x])^2,{x,0,2 Pi}]/.{A->2,B->1}
Out[347]=
  -4 Pi
---------
3 Sqrt[3]

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Yours,

Roger
(rmj at llewelyn.slac.stanford.edu)





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