simple timing question
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- Subject: [mg69920] simple timing question
- From: dimmechan at yahoo.com
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:05:25 -0400 (EDT)
Hi.
Consider the following user defined function to calculate integrals
with
possible singulaties at the end points
improperIntegrate[f_, x_, a_, b_] := With[{integral = Integrate[f, x]},
Limit[integral,
x -> b, Direction -> 1] - Limit[integral, x -> a, Direction -> -1]]
Then
Timing[improperIntegrate[1/(2*x - 1)^(2/3), x, 1/2, 3]]
{0.07800000000000001*Second, (3*5^(1/3))/2}
Using directly Integrate almost 5 times more time is neeeded.
Timing[Integrate[1/(2*x - 1)^(2/3), {x, 1/2, 3}]]
{0.406*Second, (3*5^(1/3))/2}
For me it sounds normally that Integrate needed more time.
However I am looking for a clear explanation if possible.
I believe it has to do that using directly Integrate much time is spent
for checking
for singularities (here 1/2). Am I right or/and there is another
reason?
Thanks in advance.
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