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Assumptions in Integrate

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  • Subject: [mg20562] Assumptions in Integrate
  • From: Julian Aguirre Estibalez <mtpagesj at lg.ehu.es>
  • Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 00:14:09 -0400
  • Organization: Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Dear Math Group,

	I find the results of using assumptions in Integrate somewhat
stranege. For instance,

In[21]:= Integrate[Cos[n x], {x, -Pi, Pi}]

Out[21]= 2 Sin[n Pi]
	 -----------
    	     n

In[22]:= Integrate[Cos[n x], {x, -Pi, Pi}, 
		   Assumptions -> Element[n, Integers]]

Out[22]=
            2
2 Sin[Sqrt[n ] Pi]
------------------
           2
     Sqrt[n ]

In[23]:= $Version

Out[23]= "4.0 for Power Macintosh (July 20, 1999)"

	I know I can define my own transformation rules, but one would
think that Mathematica should do it directly.

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