Re: Help for solving this Integrate[Sqrt[t*(1-t)* (t-z),{t,0,z} ] NEW!!!!
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- Subject: [mg112837] Re: Help for solving this Integrate[Sqrt[t*(1-t)* (t-z),{t,0,z} ] NEW!!!!
- From: Curtis Osterhoudt <cfo at lanl.gov>
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 05:46:44 -0400 (EDT)
In[13]:= Integrate[Sqrt[t*(1 - z)*(t - z)], {t, 0, z},
Assumptions -> z > 0]
Out[13]= 1/8 \[Pi] Sqrt[-1 + z] z^2
It helped me a great deal to plot both the integral and the answers (especially the integral) vs. t, with various values of z. Then I recognized the integrand can be cast into a slightly different form:
Integrate[Sqrt[-1*((t - z/2)^2 - z^2/4)], {t, 0, z},
Assumptions -> z > 0 && 0 <= t <= z]
The integral gives
(\[Pi] z^2)/8
which is simply the area of half a circle with radius z/2; the circles are obvious if you plot the integrand. They're later scaled by the Sqrt[z-1] factor.
On Friday, October 01, 2010 03:41:39 Hugo wrote:
> Could any body help me to solve the following integral in
> mathematica?
>
> Integrate[sqrt[t * (1-z)*(t-z),{t,0,z}]; t and z are reals; z>0
>
> I did make a mistake posting the wrong equation yesterday, I apologize
> for that.
>
> Any help would be appreciate,
>
> Hugo
>
>
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