Re: ..Integrate[Abs[x]... UnitStep again!
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- Subject: [mg23728] Re: [mg23712] ..Integrate[Abs[x]... UnitStep again!
- From: "Mark Harder" <harderm at ucs.orst.edu>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 01:09:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Jose;
It occured to me that Abs[x]= Integrate[Sign[x],x]; but when I tried
that, Mathematica generated an "invalid integration limit or variable..."
error, so I split the function in two parts joining at x=0 using the Unit
Step function & that worked:
mySign = UnitStep[t] - UnitStep[-t];
Plot[dublStep, {t, -2, 2} ]
(* output omitted *)
In>>
myAbs = Integrate[mySign, t]
Plot[myAbs, {t, -3, 3}]
Out>>
-t + 2 t UnitStep[t]
(* Plot omitted *)
In[10]:=
Integrate[myAbs, t]
Plot[%, {t, -4, 4}]
Out[10]=
-t^2/2 + t^2 UnitStep[t]
(* Plot omitted *)
-mark harder
harderm at ucs.orst.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: José María Lasso <jml at accessinter.net>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg23728] [mg23712] Thx for your help
>Hi,
>Thx for the answers to my last post, but I have a new question, similar to
>the last one, when I try: Integrate[Abs[x],x], there is no result, just the
>original input, what I am doing wrong?, I need some advice about a good
>book about Mathematica for beginers.Thx again.Best regards
>
>Jose M Lasso
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