Re: a function containg MeijerG (limit behavior)
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- Subject: [mg73312] Re: a function containg MeijerG (limit behavior)
- From: Bhuvanesh <BhuvaneshBhatt at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:16:06 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The Math Forum
As I recall, there was a Sum issue in 5.2 that caused unexpected Interval results from MeijerG. So the Interval returned by the following input, for example, is incorrect.
FunctionExpand[MeijerG[{{0}, {}}, {{0, 0}, {1/2}}, x]]
For your example, after accounting for the FunctionExpand behavior, I get the following in version 5.2:
In[1]:= expr = Cosh[2*x1]*(CoshIntegral[2*x1] + (Log[(-I)*x1] + Log[I*x1])/2 - Log[x1]) - Log[Abs[x1]] -
Sinh[2*x1]*SinhIntegral[2*x1];
In[2]:= Limit[expr, x1->0]
Out[2]= EulerGamma + Log[2]
In[3]:= Series[expr, {x1,0,2}, Assumptions -> 0<x1<1/100] //InputForm
Out[3]//InputForm= SeriesData[x1, 0, {EulerGamma + Log[2], 0, -3 + 2*EulerGamma + 2*Log[2] + 2*Log[x1]}, 0, 3, 1]
In[4]:= Limit[Normal@%, x1->0]
Out[4]= EulerGamma + Log[2]
In[5]:= Limit[expr, x1->Infinity]
Out[5]= -Infinity
The expression 'expr' above is what FunctionExpand[f[x1]] should have returned.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Bhuvanesh,
Wolfram Research.