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Re: Simplification of definite integral?

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  • Subject: [mg40708] Re: Simplification of definite integral?
  • From: Jon Harrop <jdh30 at cam.ac.uk>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 04:06:10 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Univerisity of Cambridge
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Dr. Wolfgang Hintze wrote:
> How do I get a satisfactory result from mathematica for this function
> 
> f[d]:=Integrate[Sin[x-d]/(x-d) Sin[x+d]/(x+d),{x,-Infinity,Infinity}]
> 
> I tried
> 
> f[d]//ComplexExpand
> 
> and several assumptions but I didn't succeed. Any hints?

It seems to work for me, the integral can only be taken with the following 
assumption:

Integrate[Sin[x - d]/(x - d) Sin[x + d]/(x + d), {x, -\[Infinity], 
[Infinity]}, Assumptions -> {Im[d] != 0}]//FullSimplify

gives:

(Cos[2*d]*(Log[-d^(-1)] - Log[d^(-1)]))/(2*d)

Cheers,
Jon.



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