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symbolic integration of wave functions

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  • Subject: [mg116949] symbolic integration of wave functions
  • From: chris pichon <c.n.c.pichon at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 06:07:23 -0500 (EST)

Hello,

Has anybody found the following problem with this integral in Mathematica 8 ?

Integrate[ Sin[x] Exp[ I k  Cos[x - y]], {x,  0, 2 Pi}]

which produces 0, which is incorrect as it should match

Integrate[Sin[x + y] Exp[I k Cos[x]], {x, 0, 2 Pi}]

2 I Pi BesselJ[1, k] Sin[y]


Cheers,

Chris



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