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Re: Integrate Problem

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  • Subject: [mg40672] Re: Integrate Problem
  • From: "Dr. Wolfgang Hintze" <weh at snafu.de>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 03:14:00 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi all,
in my version 4.0 even this simpler statement works fine

Integrate[
     1/Pi^2 1/(1 + x^2 + y^2 + z^2)^2, {z, -Infinity,
       Infinity}] // ComplexExpand

Wolfgang

Dr Bob wrote:

> ComplexExpand@Integrate[1/Pi^2 1/(1 + x^2 + y^2 + z^2)^2,
>  {z, -Infinity, Infinity}, Assumptions -> {Im[x] == 0, Im[y] == 0, Im[z] == 
> 0}]
> 
> Bobby
> 
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 03:05:18 -0400 (EDT), Stewart Mandell 
> <stewart at rentec.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>When I run
>>
>>Integrate[1/Pi^2  1/(1 + x^2 + y^2 + z^2)^2, {z, -Infinity, Infinity},
>>Assumptions -> {Im[x] == 0, Im[y] == 0, Im[z] == 0}]
>>
>>I get
>>(I*(Log[-(I/Sqrt[1 + x^2 + y^2])] -
>>Log[I/Sqrt[1 + x^2 + y^2]]))/
>>(2*Pi^2*(1 + x^2 + y^2)^(3/2))
>>
>>I would like
>>
>>1/(2*Pi ) 1/(1 + x^2 + y^2)^3/2
>>
>>for an answer. How do I get Mathematica to forego the complex
>>answer?
>>
>>thanks, Stewart
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 



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