Re: Avoid long output, Real variables?
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- Subject: [mg20465] Re: Avoid long output, Real variables?
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 02:04:39 -0400
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,
in Mathematica 3. and 4. you can give the assumptions option
Integrate[E^(I*k*x)/Sqrt[1 + k^2]/(2*Pi), {k, -Infinity, Infinity},
Assumptions -> {Im[x] == 0}]
Hope that helps
Jens
"Bergervoet J.R.M." wrote:
>
> Is it possible to tell Mathematica that a variable, x, is Real?
> I am looking for commands like those of some competing vendor:
> assume(x, real)
> assume(x>0)
> If I cannot declare x to be Real, I get clumsy answers. For
> instance, a Fourier transform which for real x is just:
>
> 2 BesselK[0, x Sign[x]]
>
> gives me instead a pretty long answer where the actual solution
> for real x is hardly recognizable between the rest:
>
> In[4]:=Integrate[E^(I*k*x)/Sqrt[1+k^2]/(2*Pi), {k,-Infinity,Infinity}]
>
> Out[4]= If[Im[x] == 0, 2 BesselK[0, x Sign[x]],
>
> I k x
> E
> Integrate[------------, {k, -Infinity, Infinity}]] / (2 Pi)
> 2
> Sqrt[1 + k ]
> In[5]:=
>
> And it can get worse if several variables are involved. So I really
> hope that someone can teach me how to declare them Real (or positive).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jos