| Original Message (ID '128571') By Nasser M. Abbasi: |
| Why the out put of:
Simplify[Integrate[f[x, z] Sin[\[Theta]], {z, 0, 1}] -
Sin[\[Theta]] Integrate[f[x, z] , {z, 0, 1}]]
is not 0?
How to let the out put=0?
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Becuase f[x,z] is not defined, hence it could evaluate to anything. Hence integrand can be anything and Mathematica can't extract Sin[] out before hand.
To force the simplication you want, you need to add an explicit rule to help Integrate.
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Unprotect[Integrate];
Integrate[any_*f_,dom_]:=any*Integrate[f,dom];
Protect[Integrate];
Integrate[f[x,z] Sin[theta],{z,0,1}]-Sin[theta] Integrate[f[x,z],{z,0,1}]
0
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However, the above is not a robust thing as it stands (it can be made more robust, since if `any` happened to be a function of `z`, then you do not want that removed out from the integration.
So, the above assumes that the multiplier inside the integrand does not depend on the integraion parameter.
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