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Re: a definite integral

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  • Subject: [mg77117] Re: [mg77083] a definite integral
  • From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 03:48:39 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200706031007.GAA02666@smc.vnet.net>

On 3 Jun 2007, at 19:07, dimitris wrote:

> dint=Integrate[BesselJ[0, x]BesselJ[0, t - x], {x, 0, t}]
>
> Mathematica (5.2) returns unevaluated the integral.
>
> However the result is actually Sin[t].
>
> Check
>
> In[77]:=
> o = Table[Random[Real, {1, 10}], {10}]
> Out[77]=
> {5.99068,7.64822,8.52201,6.97126,5.02596,7.44021,9.8316,5.03409,8.9535 
> 9,1.\
> 34601}
>
> In[78]:=
> (NIntegrate[BesselJ[0, u]*BesselJ[0, #1 - u], {u, 0, #1}] & ) /@ o
> Out[78]=
> {-0.288349,0.978906,0.785043,0.635047,-0.951238,0.915609,-0.395691,-0. 
> 948699,\
> 0.453948,0.974842}
>
> In[79]:=
> Sin[o]
> Out[79]=
> {-0.288349,0.978906,0.785043,0.635047,-0.951238,0.915609,-0.395691,-0. 
> 948699,\
> 0.453948,0.974842}
>
> Any ideas to show dint is equal to sin(t)?
> By hand this can be proved by the convolution theorem
> of the LaplaceTransform.
>
> Dimitris
>
>


It's certainly not a proof but:

Integrate[BesselJ[0, x]*BesselJ[0, t - x],
      {x, 0, t}] + O[t]^10
SeriesData[t, 0, {1, 0, -1/6, 0, 1/120, 0, -1/5040, 0,
      1/362880}, 1, 10, 1]

Sin[t] + O[t]^10
SeriesData[t, 0, {1, 0, -1/6, 0, 1/120, 0, -1/5040, 0,
      1/362880}, 1, 10, 1]


etc.

Andrzej Kozlowski


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