Re: Limit Question
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- Subject: [mg47204] Re: Limit Question
- From: drbob at bigfoot.com (Bobby R. Treat)
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 04:02:00 -0500 (EST)
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The "why" is beyond me, but...
int[x_] = Integrate[(2.3*x^2)/
(-8 + x^3)^0.37, x]
1.2169312169312168*
(-8. + x^3)^(63/100)
Limit[int[6.5] - int[t], t -> 2,
Direction -> -1]
41.07556812535198
Bobby
Ray <rayfg at optonline.net> wrote in message news:<c48r0n$lq6$1 at smc.vnet.net>...
> Any idea why version 4.2 quickly does the following problem but 5.0.1
> seems not to be able to ( I aborted after about a minute)?
>
> Limit[Integrate[2.3x^2/((x^3-8)^.37),{x,t,6.5}],t->2,Direction->-1]
>
> I just noticed this when I was trying some class notes from last
> semester in version 5.0.1.