Re: sum of integrals over patial intervals != integral
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- Subject: [mg71733] Re: [mg71719] sum of integrals over patial intervals != integral
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:03:36 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
Works in my version:
$Version
5.2 for Mac OS X (June 20, 2005)
f[x_]:=Log[Sin[x]^2]Tan[x];
Integrate[f[x],{x,0,Pi}]
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Bob Hanlon
---- Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net> wrote:
> Dear group,
>
> I wanted Mathematica to show, that for f[x_]:=Log[Sin[x]^2]Tan[x],
> Integrate[f[x],{x,0,Pi}]==0, because f[x]+f[Pi-x]==0.
>
> Mathematica says Integrate[f[x],{x,0,Pi}] does not converge, but
> Integrate[f[x],{x,0,Pi/2}] and Integrate[f[x],{x,Pi/2,Pi}] evaluate to
> -Pi^2/12 resp. P^2/12 and the sum is zero. The more general integral
> Integrate[f[x],{x,0,z},Assumptions->Pi/2<z<=Pi] evaluates explicitly (?).
>
> What did I do wrong?
> http://people.freenet.de/Peter_Berlin/Mathe/komisch.nb
>
> TIA,
> Peter
>