Re: Integration question
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- Subject: [mg21006] Re: [mg20966] Integration question
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 21:41:19 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In Version 4 the second evaluation does give 1 without any conditions. David Park djmp at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/ >Please try the following simple tests: > > > Integrate[Exp[x-a],x] > >then, > > Integrate[Exp[x-a],{x,-Infinity,a}] > >I get the following solution (with Mathematica 3.01) > > If[a<0,1,...] > >Is this the intended solution for this integral? A simple calculation >shows that this integral will evaluate to 1 for any a > 0 ! > >--Virgil