Re: Re: Bug? Analytical integration of cosines gets the
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- Subject: [mg107365] Re: [mg107346] Re: Bug? Analytical integration of cosines gets the
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:16:05 -0500 (EST)
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That's a VERY simple integrand; for Mathematica to get it wrong is
worrisome.
Below is an analytical confirmation of the NIntegrate result.
expr = Cos[ph]*1/Pi*Cos[4*ph]*Cos[2*ph];
Integrate[expr, {ph, Pi, 3/2*Pi}]
19/(105 \[Pi])
expr2 = Cos[ph]*1/Pi*Cos[4*ph]*Cos[2*ph] // TrigReduce
Integrate[expr2, {ph, Pi, 3/2*Pi}]
(Cos[ph] + Cos[3 ph] + Cos[5 ph] + Cos[7 ph])/(4 \[Pi])
-(19/(105 \[Pi]))
Bobby
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:35:02 -0600, WetBlanket <wyvern864 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 4, 5:33 am, 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.
> If One substitutes the sequence, {1.9, 1.99, 1.999, ... 2.0}
> Mathematica gets the correct answer for as long as I tried except, of
> course for 2.0.
>
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