Re: Forcing functions
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- Subject: [mg51034] Re: Forcing functions
- From: Helen Read <read at math.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 03:18:10 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: EM Computer Facility, The University of Vermont
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Barry Tesman wrote: > Can you "force" Mathematica to not use certain functions? E.g., I > want to give my students some problems to antidifferentiate. One > such problem is: > > Integrate[ x * Sqrt[x^2 + 2x +4], x] > > The answer uses arcsinh. Can one force Mathematica to use natural > log instead? TrigToExp[Integrate[x*Sqrt[x^2 + 2x + 4], x]] -- Helen Read University of Vermont