Re: Integrate vs. NIntegrate
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- Subject: [mg51423] Re: Integrate vs. NIntegrate
- From: "David W. Cantrell" <DWCantrell at sigmaxi.org>
- Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 03:05:07 -0400 (EDT)
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carlos at colorado.edu (Carlos Felippa) wrote:
> Which one is the correct answer?
>
> f=2+Cos[2 x]+ I*Sin[2 x];
>
> Print[ N[Simplify[ Integrate[Log[f],{x,-Pi,Pi}]/(2*Pi)]] //InputForm];
> 0.34657359027997264 + 1.5707963267948966*I
>
> Print[ NIntegrate[Log[f],{x,-Pi,Pi}]/(2*Pi) //InputForm];
> 0.6931471805599428 + 0.*I
>
> I believe the second one, have doubts about the first.
The second one is correct (except for the last few decimal places).
What version are you using? In version 5.0.0.0,
f = 2 + Cos[2*x] + I*Sin[2*x];
Simplify[Integrate[Log[f], {x, -Pi, Pi}]/(2*Pi)]
Log[2]
N[%]
0.6931471805599453
David Cantrell