Re: Integrate[ 0.0*x, {x, 0, y}]
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- Subject: [mg103038] Re: [mg103021] Integrate[ 0.0*x, {x, 0, y}]
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:02:11 -0400 (EDT)
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Because you are mixing an inexact number (0.0) with an exact (symbolic) function
Integrate[Rationalize[0.0*x], {x, 0, y}]
0
Integrate[0.0*x, {x, 0, y}] // Rationalize
0
Bob Hanlon
---- Nankyoku Ice <406of76013 at gmail.com> wrote:
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Why does Integrate[ 0.0 * x, {x, 0, y}] yield 0.0*y^2, not 0 ?