Re: Bug? Analytical integration of cosines gets the sign wrong
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- Subject: [mg107192] Re: Bug? Analytical integration of cosines gets the sign wrong
- From: ADL <alberto.dilullo at tiscali.it>
- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 03:21:57 -0500 (EST)
- References: <hkeb9k$b5$1@smc.vnet.net>
On my version (7.0 for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) (February 18, 2009))
I get the same issue.
Moreover, it is very specific to the functional form, so that it
appears to be an algebraic error.
Or, perhaps, it's a feature...
ADL
On Feb 4, 12:33 pm, K <kgs... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> the analytical integration in Mathematica 7.01.0 on Linux x86 (64bit)
>
> faultyInt =
> Integrate[Cos[ph]*1/Pi*Cos[4*ph]*Cos[2*ph], {ph, Pi, 3/2*Pi}]
>
> gives as result:
>
> 19/(105 \[Pi])
>
> which is as a decimal number
>
> N[faultyInt]
>
> 0.0575989
>
> The numerical integration
>
> NIntegrate[Cos[ph]*1/Pi*Cos[4*ph]*Cos[2*ph],{ph,Pi,3/2*Pi}]
>
> gives
>
> -0.0575989
>
> which I believe is correct by judging from the plot
>
> Plot[Cos[ph]*1/Pi*Cos[4*ph]*Cos[2*ph], {ph, Pi, 3/2*Pi},
> PlotRange -> {-1/Pi, 1/Pi}]
>
> and because the quadgk function in another system gives the same
> negative result. Could anyone try this at home (or work, rather)
> and confirm or disprove it?
> Thanks,
> K.