Re: Incorrect integral in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg91377] Re: Incorrect integral in Mathematica
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:14:28 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University System of Maryland
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With version 6.0.3 I get 2Pi w z Eran Mukamel wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm getting a nonsensical answer of 0 for the following integral in Mathematica 5.0 (Mac OSX): > > Integrate[Exp[-x^2/(2w^2)]Exp[-(y - y0)^2/(2z^2)], > {x, -Infinity, Infinity}, {y, -Infinity, Infinity}] > > The result should be (2 Pi w z). Any ideas why this fails? > > Thanks in advance, Eran >