Re: Solving a Integral
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- Subject: [mg78063] Re: Solving a Integral
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:36:44 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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ehrnsperger.b at pg.com wrote: > I need help in solving the following integral: > > Integral = 1/(beta^alpha* Gamma[alpha]) * > Integrate[x^(alpha-1)*Exp[-x/beta]/(1+Exp[-a*x-b]),{x,0, infinity}, -----------------------------------------------------------^^^^^^^^ oo Must be written Infinity (with a capital I) > Assumptions: (alpha> 0)||(beta > 0)||(a > 0)||(b <0)] -------------^^ The : character means nothing here: use -> Moreover, are you sure that you want a OR ( that is ||) condition on your assumptions rather than an AND (that is &&)? HTH, Jean-Marc > The Integral is approximately 1/(beta^alpha* Gamma[alpha]) > *1/(1+Exp[-a*alpha*beta-b]) + Order[alpha*beta^2] > > However, I would like to have an exact analytical solution, and I am > failing to convince Mathematica to give me the solution. Is there a way to > ask Mathematica to give the solution as a series expansion of my > approximate solution? > > Thanks so much for your help, > > Bruno > > Dr. Bruno Ehrnsperger > Principal Scientist > > Procter & Gamble Service GmbH > Sulzbacherstr.40 > 65824 Schwalbach > Germany > > fon +49-6196-89-4412 > fax +49-6196-89-22965 > e-mail: ehrnsperger.b at pg.com > internet: www.pg.com > > Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer: Otmar W. Debald, Gerhard Ritter, Dr. Klaus Schumann, > Willi Schwerdtle > Sitz: Sulzbacher Str. 40, 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus, Amtsgericht: > K=F6nigstein im Taunus HRB 4990 > >