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Re: DiracDelta Function question

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  • Subject: [mg21195] Re: DiracDelta Function question
  • From: "Bill Bertram" <wkb at ansto.gov.au>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 01:24:24 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Julian Francis wrote in message <831vk0$g89 at smc.vnet.net>...
>Folks,
>
>Why is mathematica unable to evaluate:
>Integrate[DiracDelta[2 x - 1], {x, -Infinity, +Infinity}]


I don't know. However,

>Integrate[DiracDelta[2 x - 2], {x, -Infinity, +Infinity}]
>
>returns (1/2)
>
>I should have thought that the answer in both cases would be 1.


No, the Mathematica result is correct! To see why, change the integration
variable to
 z = 2x, the integral then becomes   (1/2) Integrate[DiracDelta[z -
2],{z,-Infinity,Infinity}].

Cheers,
     Bill




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