Re: Different results for same integration
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- Subject: [mg72980] Re: Different results for same integration
- From: "Sem" <sarner2006-sem at yahoo.it>
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:09:43 -0500 (EST)
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"ashesh" <ashesh.cb at gmail.com> wrote news:epcoj2$8gh$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Hi all, > > I am trying to do the following two integrations, which are basically > the same, but with a change of variable. I am getting different results > from both of them. Hope some one can point out the mistake I am making. > > a = 19.0; b = 4.0; t = 5.0; > > Integrate[(a + b)/Sqrt[(a^2 - x^2)*(b^2 - x^2)], {x, b, b + I*t}] > > Integrate[(1 + b/a)/Sqrt[(1 - y^2)*(1 - (b^2*y^2)/a^2)], {y, 1, (b + > I*t)/b}] > > where y = (x/b) > > The first integration gives: -1.23787 + 1.44831 I > > while the second one gives: 6.17818 - 5.4757 I > > The upper limits of the integrations are complex (b + i t) and ((b + i > t)/b) respectively. > > The result from the first integration is correct and I have verified it > analytically. > > Looking forward for any help in resolving the problem. > > Ashesh > At first sight, I think that you have too quickly simplified a complex-integral in a hybrid real-complex integral!