Re: Principal Value integral
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- Subject: [mg52395] Re: [mg52361] Principal Value integral
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 05:50:53 -0500 (EST)
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Version 5.1 gets your desired result: Integrate[1/(x^3 - 1), {x, -Infinity, Infinity}, PrincipalValue -> True] -(Pi/Sqrt[3]) Bobby On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 02:32:35 -0500 (EST), Carlo Teubner <"AskMeAndIllTellYou."@example.com> wrote: > The following Principal Value integral does not appear to give the > correct result. > > Integrate[1/(x^3-1), {x, -Infinity, Infinity}, PrincipalValue->True] > > This gives I Pi / 3, which surely can't be right since the answer should > be real. > > When doing it numerically, it gives the right answer: > > <<NumericalMath`CauchyPrincipalValue` > CauchyPrincipalValue[1/(x^3-1), {z, -Infinity, {1}, Infinity}] > > This gives -1.8138 which is the correct answer (it's -Pi/Sqrt[3]). > > Any explanations? Is this a bug or am I missing something? > > Carlo > > > > -- DrBob at bigfoot.com www.eclecticdreams.net
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- Principal Value integral
- From: Carlo Teubner <AskMeAndIllTellYou.@example.com>
- Principal Value integral