Re: Incorrect result for improper integral with MMA?
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- Subject: [mg8824] Re: Incorrect result for improper integral with MMA?
- From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 02:39:49 -0400
- Organization: University of Western Australia
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Chris Barker wrote:
> The command:
>
> Integrate[1/(x*Log[x]^2),{x,3,Infinity}]
>
> yields the result:
>...
Paul Abbott wrote:
>Mathematica easily computes the indefinite integral -- from this you
>will see why the integral does not converge on [3,Infinity).
Actually, I was wrong -- another look at the indefinite integral shows
that the integral _does_ converge on [3,Infinity) to 1/Log[3].
Cheers,
Paul
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