Re: Bug in Mathematica ?
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- Subject: [mg60791] Re: [mg60779] Bug in Mathematica ?
- From: "Owen, HL \(Hywel\)" <h.l.owen at dl.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 05:40:58 -0400 (EDT)
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Using v5.2 on Windows XP, I get: Integrate[Max[x, y], {x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}] 2/3 NIntegrate[Max[x, y], {x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}] 0.666667 i.e. the same answer! Nothing wrong there! Hywel ------------------------------------------- Hywel Owen h.owen at dl.ac.uk Accelerator Science and Technology Centre CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory United Kingdom Tel/Fax: +44 1925 603797/603192 ------------------------------------------- "Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all." -- Charles Babbage > -----Original Message----- > From: Bidule [mailto:toto at truc.com] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Sent: 28 September 2005 06:41 > Subject: [mg60791] [mg60779] Bug in Mathematica ? > > Hi, > > I've computed the following two expressions: > > Integrate[Max[x, y], {x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}] NIntegrate[Max[x, > y], {x, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}] > > which result in very different numbers. When I calculate the > integral by hand I get (2/3). > > Any thoughts ? I guess by now it's probably a known bug. (or > maybe even a 'feature'). > > B. > > >