Re: Computing my own function efficiently
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- Subject: [mg11126] Re: Computing my own function efficiently
- From: mike johnson <mike_johnson@llnl.gov>
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:40:45 -0500
- Organization: LLNL
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Tommy Nordgren wrote:
>
> I have a function that is defined by: f[k_,b_] := Integrate[
> Cos[b x] Exp[-x^2]/(k^2+x^2),{x,-Infinity,Infinity}] Since Mathematica
> can't solve the integral...
Gradshteyn & Ryzhik, Table of Integrals, Series & Products, 4th ed. Sec
3.954 gives the following algebraic answer (after some change in
notation) in terms of error functions:
Pi^(3/2) Exp[k^2]/(4k)*
(2 Cosh[b k] - Exp[-b k] Erf[k-b/2] - Exp[bk] Erf[k+b/2])
Sometimes the old ways are still useful. --
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