Re: Trouble with an integral
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- Subject: [mg57403] Re: Trouble with an integral
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 04:56:40 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Valeri,
If you write the integrand in the form:
Exp[-a x] ... rest containing no a
it is clear that the integral should become smaller the larger a.
We definitively have a bug here that Wolfram should take notice of.
I beg Daniel Lichtblau to send a notice to the corresponding person.
Sincerely, Daniel
Valeri Astanoff wrote:
> Bonjour le groupe,
>
> Could someone give me the right answer
> for this integral with parameter 'a' ?
>
> In[1]:=$Version
>
> Out[1]=5.0 for Microsoft Windows (November 18, 2003)
>
> In[2]:=Integrate[Sqrt[1+Sqrt[x]]/(2*Sqrt[2]*E^(a*x)*Sqrt[x]),{x,0,1},
> Assumptions -> a>0]
>
> Out[2]=(1/3)*(4 - Sqrt[2])
>
> In[3]:=%//N
>
> Out[3]=0.861929
>
> In[4]:=NIntegrate[Sqrt[1+Sqrt[x]]/(2*Sqrt[2]*E^(2*x)*Sqrt[x]),{x,0,1}]
>
> Out[4]=0.491465
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> v.a.
>