Difference between the following integrals....
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- Subject: [mg66134] Difference between the following integrals....
- From: "ashesh" <ashesh.cb at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 04:21:59 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi all,
Would like to integrate Abs[x]*(x+3y^2) for {x,-2,2} and {y,-1,2}. Have
four different ways of doing this integration as follows:
f1 = Abs[x](x + 3y y);
Integrate[f3, {x, -2, 2}, {y, -1, 2}]
f2[a_, b_] := Piecewise[{{a*(a + 3*b*b), a > 0}, {-a*(a + 3*b*b), a <
0}}]
ii = Integrate[f2[a, b], {a, -2, 2}, {b, -1, 2}]
f3[p_, q_] := Which[p < 0, -p*(p + 3*q*q), p > 0, p*(p + 3*q*q)]
Integrate[f3[p, q], {p, -2, -2}, {q, -1, 2}]
f4 = int_m_-2^0 int_n_-1^2 (-m*(m+3n^2)) dn dm + int_m_-2^0 int_n_-1^2
(m*(m+3n^2)) dn dm
Answers:
f1 = 36
f2 = 36
f3 = 0
f4 = 36
As I understand all these 4 are performing the same operation, but why
does f3 become = 0.
Hope some one can give me an insight into the mistake (please identify
the mistake too for me) I am making here.
Regards.